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WAR  HISTORY 


OF  THE 


Old  First  Virginia  Infantry  Regiment, 


ARMY  OF  NORTHERN  VIRGINIA, 


BY  CHARLES  T.  ,LOEHR. 


Published  by  Request  of  the  Old  First  Virginia  Infantry  Association, 


RICHMOND : 

WM.  ELLIS  JONES,   BOOK   AND  JOB  PRINTER. 
1884. 


WAR  HISTORY 


OF   THE 


Old  First  Virginia  Infantry  Regiment, 


ARMY  OF  NORTHERN  VIRGINIA, 


BY  CHARLES   T.  LOEHR. 


Published  by  Request  of  the  Old  First  Virginia  Infantry  Association, 


RICHMOND: 

WM.   ELLIS  JONES,    BOOK    AND   JOB   PRINTER. 
1884. 


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INTRODUCTION. 


The  following  sketch  of  the  career  of  the  "  Old  First,"  during 
the  war,  is  derived  from  a  diary  and  the  personal  recollections  of 
the  writer ;  use  also  is  made  of  written  statements  of  some  of 
his  comrades.  The  writer  knows  full  well  that  he  cannot  do  jus 
tice  to  the  laurels  won  by  the  "  Old  First,"  but  he  hopes  that  this 
will  be  the  means  of  inciting  some  one  more  able  than  he  to 
write  and  publish  the  record  of  events  partly  herein  described. 

It  was  the  writer's  peculiar  good  luck  to  have  been  able  to 
verify  in  person  all  the  scenes  he  describes ;  he  participated  in 
all  the  battles  and  marches  of  the  regiment,  from  its  muster  into 
service  of  the  State,  April,  1861,  to  the  battle  of  Five  Forks, 
April,  1 865",  where  he  was  taken  prisoner. 

These  lines  are  intended  to  perpetuate  the  part  which  the  Old 
First  Virginia  infantry  took  in  the  war,  and  they  are  dedicated 
to  the  memory  of  his  lamented  friend  and  comrade,  Major 
George  Fisher  Norton. 

CHARLES  T.  LOEHR, 
Secretary  of  the  Old  First  Va.  Infantry  Ass'n, 

and  formerly  Sergeant  of  Co.  "D" 

RICHMOND,  February,  1884. 


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WAR  HISTORY 


OF   THE 


Old  First  Virginia  Infantry  Regiment, 


On  the  zyth  day  of  April,  1861,  Virginia  issued  the  proclama 
tion  of  secession,  and  the  clouds  which  long  since  had  gathered 
black  and  blacker  over  this  country  broke ;  the  pen  was  declared 
useless,  and  it  was  left  to  the  sword  to  settle  the  issues  and  con 
tentions  agitating  the  political  parties  of  these  States.  But  I  am 
not  going  to  write  as  to  the  causes  of  the  war,  but  simply  to  state 
some  of  the  events  constituting  a  part  of  the  history  of  the  Old 
First  Virginia  infantry  regiment — a  regiment  of  which  the  citi 
zens  of  Richmond  had  every  reason  to  be  justly  proud. 

In  March,  1861,  I,  with  many  of  my  young  Richmond  friends, 
organized  a  company,  which  was  known  as  the  "  Old  Dominion 
Guard."  Joseph  G.  Griswold  was  elected  Captain,  and  William 
H.  Palmer  First,  and  Henry  Harney  Second  Lieutenants.  Soon 
we  had  over  eighty  men  together,  and  by  constant  drilling,  and 
the  interest  we  took  in  being  soldiers,  the  company  made  a 
splendid  appearance.  On  the  2Oth  we  went  into  barracks,  on 
Main,  between  Seventh  and  Eighth  streets — that  is,  we  got  a  lot 
of  straw  piled  on  the  upper  floor  of  the  building  where  we  slept. 
Not  very  comfortable  the  first  night,  but  then  it  was  something 
new.  The  next  day  we  were  mustered  into  service  of  the  State 
of  Virginia  by  General  Baldwin,  and  commenced  to  do  duty. 
Part  of  the  company  was  sent  to  take  charge  of  the  custom 
house,  and  a  part  to  Rocketts  to  stand  guard  over  the  steamers. 
A  few  days  after  this  we  were  attached  to  the  First  regiment  of 
Virginia  volunteers,  as  Company  "  D." 

THE    FIRST    REGIMENT    OF    VIRGINIA    VOLUNTEERS. 

The  First  regiment  Virginia  volunteers  was  organized  May 
ist,  1851,  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  Virginia.  Its  first  Colonel 


WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 


was  Walter  Gwynn  ;  it  participated  in  the  John  Brown  insurrec 
tion  with  full  ranks,  then  under  command  of  Colonel  Thomas  P. 
August.  In  1860,  P.  T.  Moore  was  elected  Colonel  of  the  regi 
ment.  Various  companies,  up  to  this  time,  had  composed  the 
regiment,  most  of  which  had  but  a  brief  existence.  At  the  out 
break  of  the  war  the  regiment  was  constituted  as  follows : 


FIELD   AND   STAFF. 


P.  T.  MOORE, 
WILLIAM  H.  FRY, 
WILLIAM  MUNFORD, 
SAMUEL  P.  MITCHELL, 
DR.  J.  S.  D.  CULLEN, 
T.  F.  MAURY, 

LIEUTENANT  W.  G.  ALLAN, 
CAPTAIN  D.  B.  BRIDGEFORD, 
J.  ADAIR  PLEASANTS, 


Colonel. 

Lieutenant-  Colonel. 

Major. 

Adjutant. 

Surgeon. 

Assistant-  Surgeon. 

Quartermaster. 

Commissary. 

Paymaster. 


NON-COMMISSIONED   STAFF. 


WILLIAM  O.  HARVIE,  . 
C.  E.  GRONWALD, 
E.  P.  HUDGINS, 
E.  P.  REEVE, 


Sergeant- Major. 
Quartermaster-  Sergeant. 
Commissary -Sergeant. 
Ensign. 


BAND. 


JAMES  B.  SMITH,  (leader— 13  pieces),       .  Captain. 

DRUM  CORPS. 


C.  R.  M.  POHLE  (14  drummers), 


Drum-  Majo  r . 


COMPANIES. 


Co. 


NAME  OF  COMPANY. 


A,     Richmond  Grays, 

B, 

C,  Montgomery  Guard, 

D,  Old  Dominion  Guard, 

E,  Richmond  L't  Infantry  Blues, 
F, 

G, 

H,    Second  Company  Grays, 

I, 

K,    Virginia  Rifles, 


ORGANIZED. 

June  18,  1844, 
April  12,  1861, 
Sept.  1849, 
March  1861, 
May  10,  1793, 
Oct.  19,  1859, 
Aug.  1859, 
April  1861, 
Nov.  19,  1859, 
March  i,  1850, 


Wyatt  M.  Elliott. 
James  K.  Lee. 
John  Dooley. 
Joseph  G.  Griswold, 
O.  Jennings  Wise. 
R.  Milton  Cary. 
William  H.Gordon. 
Francis  J.  Boggs. 
R.  F.  Morris. 
Florence  Miller. 


WAR    HISTORY   OF   THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  7 

About  the  middle  of  April,  three  companies  were  detached. 
Company  A  (the  Grays)  was  sent  to  Norfolk,  where  it  was 
afterwards  attached  to  the  Twelfth  Virginia  regiment.  Company 
E,  (the  Blues,)  and  Company  F,  were  sent  to  Fredericksburg 
and  assigned  to  other  commands.  Several  efforts  were  made  to 
get  these  companies  back  to  the  regiment,  but  without  result. 
In  regard  to  Company  E  (Blues),  and  Company  F,  we  find  the 
following,  from  Daniel  Ruggles,  in  command  at  Fredericksburg, 
writing  to  General  R.  S.  Garnett,  Adjutant- General  Virginia 
forces,  under  date  of  May  24th,  1861  : 

SIR: 

I  have  the  honor  to  state,  in  answer  to  the  communication  from 
the  Commanding  General  of  the  forces,  dated  the  i3th  instant,  that  I 
cannot  spare  the  two  companies  from  Richmond  (Captains  Wise's  and 
Cunningham's),  without  irreparable  injury  to  the  service,  for  some  time 
to  come.  These  companies,  under  the  command  of  Colonel  Gary,  are 
now — in  conjunction  with  other  forces— covering  the  Potomac  batteries 
and  avenues  of  approach,  becoming  acquainted  with  the  character  of 
the  district  and  its  natural  defences,  thus  rendering  their  services  indis 
pensable. 

I  have  also  to  state  (on  information)  that  the  officers  and  men  in  said 
companies  are  anxious  to  remain  here,  to  be  incorporated  with  a  regi 
ment  about  to  be  organized.  Their  return  to  Richmond,  it  is  said, 
would  give  the  greatest  dissatisfaction,  and  very  probably  break  up 
these  fine  companies. 

Thus  we  had  but  seven  companies,  until  the  middle  of  July, 
just  before  the  battle  of  Bull  Run,  a  company  from  Washington, 
D.  C,  commanded  by  Captain  Sherman,  was  attached  to  the 
regiment  as  Company  E,  and  at  Centreville  another  company, 
Captain  Shafer's,  also  from  Washington,  was  temporarily  at 
tached  as  Company  F. 

On  the  27th  of  April  the  regiment  marched  to  the  new  Fair 
Grounds,  then  known  as  "  Camp  of  Instruction."  Here  our 
first  tents  were  pitched,  and  camp  life  commenced  in  earnest. 
Drilling  and  standing  guard  soon  became  familiar  to  us.  Sun 
days  usually  found  the  camp  deserted.  On  one  occasion  there 
was  only  one  man  in  Company  D  left  to  "fall  in."  When  the 
drum  beat  for  dinner,  the  Captain,  who  was  in  his  tent,  called 
out,  "  Fall  in,  Company  D,"  to  which  the  one  man  replied,  "  Cap 
tain,  must  we  form  in  one,  or  two  ranks?"  to  which  the  reply 
came,  ''  Of  course,  in  two  ranks."  When  the  Captain  came  out 


8  WAR    HISTORY   OF   THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

of  his  tent  he  found  Private  Craig  standing  alone,  with  his  legs 
far  apart,  as  he  said,  in  two  ranks. 

On  the  24th  of  May,  orders  came  for  us  to  leave,  on  the  next 
day,  for  Manassas. 

On  the  25th,  the  regiment  struck  tents  and  formed  into 
line.  Hundreds  of  ladies  and  members  of  the  soldiers'  fam 
ilies  were  present  to  bid  us  farewell.  Every  musket  was 
adorned  with  a  bouquet  of  flowers.  At  the  gate  a  train  of  cars 
was  waiting,  and  under  the  strains  of  old  Smith's  band  we 
embarked  on  board.  Everywhere  on  the  route  the  ladies  were 
assembled.  At  Ashland,  Fredericks  Hall,  Tolersville  and  Louisa 
Courthouse  we  stopped  a  short  while,  accepting  the  tokens  of 
affection  bestowed  on  us  by  Virginia's  lovely  daughters.  Pin 
cushions,  flowers,  cakes,  &c.,  more  than  we  could  carry,  were 
handed  us,  while  our  band  played  a  gay  tune,  and  everybody 
was  happy.  The  next  day  we  reached  Manassas ;  things  did 
not  look  quite  so  lovely  there,  for  only  a  small  force  was  as  yet 
assembled,  and  matters  looked  quite  gloomy. 

The  camp  was  known  as  "  Camp  Pickens,"  under  charge  of 
General  Bonham,  who  was  relieved  some  time  in  June,  by  Gen 
eral  Beauregard.  Marching  about  half  a  mile  north  of  Manassas, 
we  pitched  our  tents  on  a  hill  west  of  the  railroad. 

On  the  29th  we  were  treated  to  a  false  alarm,  and  had  a  march 
to  Bull  Run.  The  long-roll  beat  to  arms,  and  men  hurried  from 
all  points  to  their  camps.  After  forming  in  the  company  streets, 
muskets  were  loaded,  and  the  line  of  march  was  taken  up  for 
Centreville.  We  crossed  Bull  Run  at  Mitchell's  Ford,  and  met 
a  number  of  citizens  and  ladies  in  carriages,  hurrying  within  our 
lines.  Soon  after  passing  Mitchell's  Ford,  information  was  re 
ceived  that  no  enemy  was  advancing,  and  we  were  ordered  back 
to  Manassas.  Arriving  at  our  camps,  we  were  formed  in  close 
column  and  had  a  rousing  address  from  General  Bonham. 

On  the  evening  of  the  ist  of  June,  Companies  B,  D,  G  and 
K,  were  ordered  to  Fairfax  Courthouse,  under  the  command  of 
Major  William  Munford,  arriving  there  after  a  night's  march 
from  Fairfax  Station,  which  we  reached  by  the  cars.  There  had 
been  quite  a  sharp  skirmish  on  the  ist,  in  which  Captain  Marr, 
of  the  Warrenton  Rifles,  was  killed.  Here  we  did  outpost  duty, 
sleeping  in  an  old  barn  and  getting  up  every  morning  at  dawn 
expecting  to  meet  the  enemy.  This  lasted  until  the  2 ist,  when 


WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  9 

we  left  the  post  to  some  South   Carolina  troops,  without  regret, 
and  marched  back  to  our  comfortable  quarters  at  Manassas. 

One  of  the  features  of  our  camp  life  was  our  regimental  dress- 
parade,  the  regiment  making  a  splendid  appearance.  In  the 
manual  of  arms  it  could  not  be  surpassed — the  whole  line  moved 
like  a  machine ;  and  then  our  fine  band  and  drum  corps  added 
to  the  display.  We  usually  had  many  spectators,  among  them 
General  Beauregard  and  staff  could  be  seen  on  most  occasions. 

On  the  i yth  of  July  orders  came  to  meet  the  enemy,  who  was 
then  advancing  from  Washington.  This  time  it  was  no  false 
alarm.  We  marched  to  Bull  Run,  crossed  at  Blackburn's  Ford, 
and  halted  during  the  night  on  the  north  bank  of  the  Run.  On 
the  morning  of  the  i8th  we  re-crossed  the  Run,  and  formed  in 
line  of  battle,  and  were  placed  in  position  as  follows:  Our  com 
pany  (D)  was  deployed  as  skirmishers,  occupying  the  right  of 
the  line  on  the  Run;  Company  E  (Sherman's)  to  our  left,  and 
covering  the  crossing  at  Blackburn's  Ford;  the  left  of  this  com 
pany  rested  on  Company  K,  which  adjoined  the  Seventeenth 
Virginia  Regiment;  and  next  was  the  Eleventh  Virginia  Regi 
ment,  all  under  the  command  of  General  Longstreet.  Some  of 
the  companies  of  these  regiments  participated  in  the  fight;  the 
rest  of  our  regiment  (with  the  exception  of  Company  I,  which 
arrived  towards  the  close  of  the  battle  took  position  on  Com 
pany  D's  right/)  Companies  B,  C,  G  and  H  formed  in  the  field 
in  our  rear.  About  n  o'clock  the  enemy  opened  with  artillery, 
which  was  replied  to  by  the  Washington  Artillery,  of  New 
Orleans,  posted  in  the  open  field  in  our  rear,  and  Kemper's  Bat 
tery  further  to  the  left,  near  Mitchell's  Ford.  The  artillery-firing 
lasted  until  i  o'clock,  when  we  could  hear  the  bugles  of  the  ene 
my's  skirmish  lines  blow  for  the  charge.  The  attack  was  made 
in  the  centre  of  our  regimental  line.  The  Companies  B,  C,  G  and 
H,  that  were  held  in  reserve,  were  then  sent  forward,  and  fought 
(mingled  with  the  companies  who  had  been  formed  as  skirmishers) 
for  some  time  on  the  bank  of  the  stream.  When  the  enemy's 
fire  slackened,  these  reserve  companies  were  ordered  across  the 
Run,  where  the  enemy  was  met  in  heavy  force.  Here  among  the 
trees  on  the  side  of  the  hill  the  principal  part  of  the  fighting  was 
done.  Our  colors,  carried  by  Ensign  E.  P.  Reeve,  marked  the  po 
sition  of  our  charging  columns  through  the  powder  smoke  which 
enveloped  the  hill.  Colonel  P.  T.  Moore  was  struck  down,  and 
Major  F.  G.  Skinner  took  command,  and  by  his  daring  and  cool 


10  WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

manner,  won  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  regiment.*  For 
nearly  two  hours  the  battle  lasted,  when  the  enemy  was  forced  to 
fall  back,  and  the  regiment  was  relieved  by  the  Seventh  Virginia. 
The  storm  of  lead  and  iron  passed  through  our  ranks  for  the 
first  time,  but  the  men  stood  it  like  they  were  used  to  it  all  their 
lives.  But  many  a  poor  fellow  was  laid  low;  five  were  buried  the 
next  morning  under  an  apple-tree,  several  more  died  afterwards, 
and  about  twenty-five,  more  or  less,  wounded. 

LIST    OF    CASUALTIES. 

Field  and  Staff— Wounded  :  Colonel  P.  T.  Moore,  Quarter 
master  Captain  W.  G.  Allen. 

Company  B. — Killed  :  Captain  James  K.  Lee  ;  Private  John  E. 
Allen.  Wounded :  Lieutenant  W.  W.  Harrison ;  Sergeants  W. 
J.  Lumpkin  and  J.  Henry  Cobb ;  Privates  Fred.  Lutz,  Nat 
Kesler. 

Company  C. — Killed :  Sergeant  Pat.  Rankin ;  Privates  Mike 
Redmond  and  James  Driscol.  Wounded:  Lieutenant  William 
English ;  Sergeant  Joseph  L.  Whittaker ;  Privates  Andrew  W. 
Forsight,  Michael  Hughes,  John  Hamilton  and  John  Kavanaugh. 

Company  E. — Killed :  Corporal  Isidore  Morrice ;  Private  J. 
E.  Moran.  Wounded:  Privates  Thomas  Collins,  and  Ph.  K. 
Reiley. 

Company  G. — Killed:  Lieutenant  Humphrey  H.  Miles ;  Pri 
vates  Scott  J.  Mallory  and  Southney  S.  Wilkinson.  Wounded  : 
Privates  Henry  Ashby,  George  F.  KnaufT,  William  S.  Ware, 
Benjamin  H.  Hord,  and  James  A.  Royster ;  Corporal  Robert  A. 
Crump. 

Company  H.— Killed:  Private  Milton  A.  Barnes.  Wounded: 
Privates  John  A.  Morgan,  R.  S.  Belts,  and  W.  B.  Eggleston. 

Company  K. — Killed :  Privates  Wolfgang  Diacont  and  Fred 
erick  Gutbier.  Wounded:  Privates  Henry  Duebel,  William  E. 
Cree,  and  A.  Hatke. 

Killed  and  died  from  wounds,  13;  wounded,  27 — 40. 


*  Major  F.  G.  Skinner  was  highly  complimented  for  his  gallant  con 
duct  by  General  Longstreet.  He  had  been  with  us  but  a  short  while, 
having  been  assigned  to  the  position  as  Major  in  place  of  William  Mun- 
ford,  who  left  us  for  some  other  command.  A  few  weeks  afterwards 
Lieutenant-Colonel  W.  H.  Fry  resigned,  and  Major  Skinner  was  pro 
moted  to  this  position,  and  Captain  John  Dooley,  of  Company  C,  was 
promoted  Major. 


WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  II 

General  Longstreet  reported  the  total  loss  of  this  battle  at  sixty- 
eight,  including  fifteen  killed.  It  will,  therefore,  be  seen  that  the 
principal  loss  in  this  action  fell  on  our  regiment. 

The  enemy  engaged  consisted  of  a  part  of  Tyler's  Division, 
Richardson's  Brigade,  and  the  First  Massachusetts,  Second  and 
Third  Michigan  and  Twelfth  New  York  Regiments.  Ayers' 
Battery  and  Brackett's  Cavalry  are  named.  They  reported  nine 
teen  killed,  thirty-eight  wounded  and  twenty-six  captured  in  the 
brigade.  Mention  is  also  made  of  a  battalion  of  light  infantry  as 
being  engaged. 

General  James  Longstreet,  who  commanded  the  brigade  to 
which  our  regiment  belonged,  at  the  battle  of  Bull  Run,  writes, 
under  date  of  July  2oth,  1883,  in  reply  to  an  invitation  to  attend 
our  annual  reunion,  as  follows : 

The  old  First  Regiment  was  with  me  at  Bull  Run  on  the  i8th  of  July, 
and  made  the  first  fight  of  Bull  Run,  which  drove  the  Federals  and 
forced  them  around  Sudley  Springs.  This  move  on  their  part  was  the 
cause  of  delay  that  gave  us  time  to  draw  our  troops  down  from  the 
Valley,  and  concentrate  for  the  fight  of  the  2ist.  The  heavy  part  of 
this  fight  was  made  by  the  old  First  Regiment,  so  that  it  can  well  claim 
to  have  done  more  towards  the  success  of  the  First  Manassas  than  any 
one  regiment.  This,  too,  was  their  first  battle,  and  I  can  say  that  its 
officers  and  men  did  their  duties  as  well,  if  not  better,  than  any  troops 
whose  service  came  under  my  observation. 

At  night  we  marched  about  a  mile  in  the  rear  to  rest.  Other 
of  our  troops  occupied  the  battle-field.  The  next  day  General 
Beauregard  rode  by,  and  enquiring  the  name  of  the  regiment, 
upon  being  told  it  was  the  First  Virginia,  exclaimed,  "And  a 
noble  regiment  it  is." 

On  the  2oth  we  resumed  our  position  at  Blackburn's  Ford.  The 
morning  of  the  2ist  opened  with  the  distant  thunder  of  cannon. 
On  this  day  the  battle  of  Manassas  was  fought  and  won.  The 
fighting  was  to  the  left  of  our  position,  but  we  were  severely  ex 
posed  to  artillery  fire  all  day,  losing  six  men  wounded,  as  follows : 

Field  and  Staff. — Major  F.  G.  Skinner. 

Company  D  —  Privates  E.  R.  Miller,  J.  T.  Porter  and  D.  S. 
Edwards. 

Company  K. — Privates  Adam  Diacont  and  C.  P.  Degenhart. 

At  one  time  orders  came  for  us  to  charge  a  battery,  but  after 
getting  across  the  Run  the  command  was  countermanded.  In 


12  WAR   HISTORY   OF   THE   OLD   FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

the  evening  the  welcome  news  came,  "  The  enemy  is  routed." 
We  crossed  the  Run  again  to  follow  the  flying  enemy  towards 
Centreville,  but  were  halted  on  the  way.  Right  here  nearly  the 
whole  Southern  army  formed  one  solid  mass — over  30,000  men. 
"  Onward,  after  them,"  was  the  cry,  but  it  came  otherwise.  As 
far  as  we  could  see  were  the  deserted  camps  of  the  enemy. 
Cracker-boxes,  cooking-utensils,  and  everything  most  were 
strewn  over  the  ground.  After  halting  a  short  while  we  again 
recrossed  Bull  Run,  and  at  2  A.  M.  halted  to  camp  on  its  south 
ern  bank. 

The  next  day  I,  with  some  others  of  my  company,  visited  the 
battle-field  of  Manassas.  It  was  a  sight  that  made  me  sick. 
Rows  of  dead,  like  flowers  from  a  distance,  looked  the  New 
York  Zouaves,  all  dressed  in  red.  They  were  burying  the  dead 
by  dragging  the  bodies  into  shallow  ditches  and  shoveling  a  few 
spadefuls  of  earth  on  them.  At  the  Henry  House  lay  an  old  lady, 
also  killed,  and  all  the  houses  were  filled  with  the  wounded. 

Then  for  two  days  it  rained,  and  everywhere  the  mud  was 
knee-deep.  War  was  no  longer  funny. 

On  the  24th  we  marched  to  Centreville.  On  the  route  we 
found  all  the  houses  and  churches  filled  with  the  enemy's 
wounded,  abandoned  in  the  rapid  flight  on  the  2ist.  Reaching 
Centreville  that  evening,  we  went  into  camp,  resuming  drill, 
guard-duty,  &c.  Captain  Shafer's  company,  from  Washington— 
about  60  men — was  added  to  the  regiment  as  Company  F. 
This  company,  however,  left  us  again  at  Fairfax  Courthouse, 
after  a  stay  of  about  six  or  eight  weeks. 

A  few  days  after  our  arrival  at  Centreville,  Prince  Jerome  Na 
poleon  came  through  the  lines,  and  the  army  was  drawn  up  in 
line  for  his  inspection.  Our  regiment  had  the  special  honor  of 
passing  in  review  before  him.  He  remarked  to  Major  Skinner, 
he  supposed  we  were  the  Confederate  Regulars,  saying  our 
marching  and  appearance  seemed  to  him  perfect,  but  thought 
our  uniforms  were  somewhat  in  need  of  repairs  (which  was  true). 
Major  Skinner  replied  (pointing  to  us),  "  Those  men  you  see 
were  all,  a  few  months  ago,  clerks  or  mechanics  from  Richmond," 
which  the  Prince  would  hardly  believe;  and  as  to  the  uniforms, 
the  Major  remarked,  they  (meaning  us)  have  not  given  the  enemy 
a  chance  to  observe  their  rears.  Prince  Napoleon  looked  like  a 
fat,  jolly  fellow;  had  on  a  black  suit,  white  vest,  and  wore  a  straw 
hat.  What  his  mission  was  has  never  been  explained. 


WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  13 

August  ioth,  we  marched  to  Fairfax  Courthouse,  about  seven 
miles  off,  and  formed  a  camp  on  the  south  side  of  that  town,  which 
was  called  Camp  Harrison.  While  here  we  were  paid  off,  and 
the  accompanying  schedule  shows  the  strength  of  the  regiment : 

ABSTRACT 

From  the  Muster  Roll  of  August,  1861,  at  Camp  Harrison,  Fairfax 
Courthouse,  Va. 


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Aggregate  Strength  of  the  Regiment. 

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On  the  i4th  we  were  sent  to  Falls  Church  for  outpost  duty, 
returning  the  next  day.     On  the  26th  we  were  again  ordered  to 


14  WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

Falls  Church — which,  by  the  way,  was  a  very  neat  village,  hav 
ing  two  fine  churches — but  its  inhabitants  had  fled,  and  not  a 
man  was  seen  in  the  deserted  houses  where  we  took  our  quarters 
for  the  night.  To  the  north  of  Falls  Church  is  Munson's  Hill, 
which  was  captured  by  our  men  on  the  day  previous  to  our 
arrival.  From  this  hill  a  splendid  view  of  Washington  and  its 
surrounding  heights  could  be  had.  Colonel  J.  E.  B.  Stuart  was 
in  command  here,  having  charge  of  the  outpost  service.  The 
next  morning  our  company  was  sent  to  the  left  of  Munson's  Hill, 
where  we  found  Companies  K  and  F  engaged  on  the  skirmish 
line.  Halting  in  rear  awhile,  a  howitzer  was  brought  up,  and 
after  a  few  rounds  we  were  ordered  to  charge  the  hill  in  our 
front  (Febre's),  and  succeeded  in  driving  the  enemy's  skirmish 
ers  therefrom,  capturing  a  new  drum,  and  later  in  the  evening, 
two  prisoners. 

The  following  day  there  was  a  balloon  ascension  by  the 
enemy  near  Alexandria,  which,  however,  terminated  rather  ab 
ruptly,  when  the  balloon  was  used  for  target  practice  by  one  of 
our  rifled  cannons,  served  by  Captain  Rosser's  Washington 
Artillery,  of  New  Orleans,  who  made  some  very  fine  shots,  caus 
ing  the  balloon  to  descend  in  double-quick  time. 

On  the  30th  we  returned  to  our  camp.  A  few  weeks  after 
wards  the  regiment  was  sent  to  Mason's  Hill,  where  a  part  of 
our  company  was  engaged  in  assisting  a  surveying  expedition 
towards  Alexandria,  under  command  of  Lieutenant  G.  F.  Nor 
ton,  and  in  coming  back  had  quite  a  lively  skirmish  near  Ma 
son's  Hill.  During  our  stay  at  Fairfax  Courthouse  the  city  of 
Richmond  furnished  the  whole  regiment  with  new  uniforms, 
otherwise  nothing  much  of  interest  occurred,  to  mention,  except 
constant  picket,  guard  duty  and  drilling. 

'  On  the  1 6th  of  October  we  moved  back  to  Centreville,  where 
we  prepared  our  winter  quarters  by  adding  chimneys  to  our 
tents.  We  had  no  other  quarters  during  this  winter,  which 
proved  to  be  exceedingly  cold.  Doing  picket  duty,  sleeping  in 
the  snow  and  rain,  in  the  wet  woods  or  fields,  throwing  up  earth 
works,  was  a  duty  not  much  desired. 

On  the  28th  of  February,  1862,  while  the  regiment  was  out  on 
picket  duty,  we  had  a  regular  hurricane ;  all  the  fences  were 
blown  down  and  the  night  was  intensely  cold.  When  we 
returned  to  the  camp,  we  found  all  our  tents  leveled  except 


WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  15 

one  or  two,  and  our  chimneys,  consisting  of  flour  barrels,  had 
entirely  disappeared. 

The  command  of  the  regiment  devolved  for  the  most  part  on 
Major  John  Dooley,  who,  though  not  much  of  a  military  genius, 
was  one  of  the  kindest  and  most  generous  of  men.  Often  on  a 
bitter,  cold  night,  he  could  be  seen  bringing  the  men  on  guard  a 
drink,  saying  with  a  smile:  "  Boys,  I  saw  you  wink  at  me."  On 
one  occasion  Sergeant  Morris,  of  Company  G,  reported  some  of 
the  men  of  his  company  as  having  gone  to  Richmond  without 
leave.  To  which  the  Major  replied:  "And  have  they?  the  bad 
fellows !  Let  me  know  when  they  come  back,  and  I  will  punish 
them  severely."  A  few  days  after  the  Sergeant  reported  that 
they  had  returned.  "  Have  they  come  back  ?  the  good  fellows!  " 
was  the  Major's  remark,  and  that  was  about  the  last  of  that. 

On  brigade  drill  one  day,  we  had  to  get  over  a  line  of  breast 
works  and  form  into  line  on  the  other  side.  Colonel  Skin 
ner  jumped  his  horse  over,  but  Major  Dooley  looked  on  and 
smilingly  remarked  to  the  Colonel:  "Just  see  howl  do  that." 
And  the  way  he  did  it  was  by  riding  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
along  the  line  until  he  found  an  opening,  when  coming  around 
he  rode  up  to  the  Colonel,  saying :  "  Did  I  not  do  that  ele 
gantly  ?  " 

A  good  many  men  left  the  regiment,  some  on  furlough,  others 
were  detailed,*  and  the  regiment,  which  numbered  over  700  men, 
was  reduced  to  less  than  300. 

On  March  8th,  1862,  the  evacuation  of  Centreville  took  place. 
Our  tents  were  struck,  and  all  that  could  not  be  carried  away 
was  burned,  while  we  ourselves,  loaded  like  pack-mules,  took  up 
the  line  of  march.  We  did  not  get  farther,  however,  that  day 
than  about  two  and  a  half  miles,  owing  to  some  obstructions  in 
the  road,  and  halted  for  the  night  in  the  woods.  Started  again 

*The  seat  of  Government  being  removed  to  Richmond,  and  most  of 
the  men  of  the  regiment  having  a  mercantile  or  mechanical  education, 
contractors  and  those  in  charge  of  the  Confederate  offices  were  daily 
making  applications  to  the  War  Department  for  some  member  of  the 
regiment  to  fill  positions  of  trust,  or  where  mechanical  skill  was  needed. 
As  a  rule  the  request  was  granted,  and  thus  the  Confederate  War  De 
partment  detailed  the  men  faster  than  the  officers  could  get  new  re 
cruits.  It  became  at  last  discouraging  to  the  officers,  and  all  the  efforts 
of  the  commanders  in  the  field  failed  to  correct  the  evil.  The  need  of 
such  men  at  the  capital  was  given  as  the  excuse. 


16  WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

the  next  morning,  and  crossed  the  celebrated  stone  bridge  at 
Bull  Run,  which  was  blown  up  that  night  after  the  army  had 
crossed.  Got  to  Gainesville  that  night;  left  there  on  the  morning 
of  the  roth;  passed  Buckland  and  New  Baltimore;  arrived  at 
Warrenton  at  dark,  passed  through  the  town,  and  halted  one 
mile  beyond,  completely  worn  out.  Most  of  the  men  commenced 
to  throw  away  part  of  their  baggage,  being  unable  to  carry  their 
loads.  Started  again  the  next  morning,  passing  Amisville  and 
Waterloo,  and  marching  sixteen  miles  without  a  rest.  At  10 
P.  M.  halted  in  the  Blue  Ridge  mountains,  where  we  overtook 
our  wagons  and  got  three  days'  rations. 

The  next  morning  (the  I2th)  at  8  o'clock  we  were  again  on 
the  road,  passing  Games'  Cross  Roads,  Washington  and  Sperry- 
ville,  in  Rappahannock  county,  and  stopped  for  the  night  near 
Woodville,  having  marched  over  seventeen  miles.  At  9  A.  M. 
the  next  day  we  started  again.  The  men  were  dropping  out  the 
ranks  and  straggling  along  the  road,  most  of  them  being  unused 
to  this  kind  of  marching.  On  the  I4th  we  reached  Hazel  Run, 
where  we  rested,  allowing  the  stragglers  to  come  up.  Weather 
very  bad,  raining  all  night  and  all  day,  and  we  were  all  wet  to 
the  skin. 

On  the  second  evening  after  our  arrival  in  this  dreary  place, 
Major  Dooley  had  the  regiment  drawn  up,  and  gave  the  following 
verbal  instructions:  *'  Men,  you  must  not  go  to  the  wagon -yard, 
or  any  other  place  of  amusement.  Parade  dismissed!" 

On  the  1 6th  we  started  again,  crossed  Hazel  Run,  and  halted 
within  two  miles  of  Culpeper  Courthouse  for  the  night.  On  the 
next  morning  (the  iyth)  we  passed  through  Culpeper  Courthouse, 
marched  about  seven  miles,  and  encamped.  The  roads  were  in 
a  miserable  condition,  and  our  wagons  could  not  go  fast.  Started 
again  the  next  morning,  crossed  the  Rapidan  river,  and  halted 
near  Orange  Courthouse.  The  roads  were  in  a  horrible  condi 
tion,  the  mud  in  some  places  being  two  feet  deep,  and  the  wagons 
frequently  got  stuck.  Halted  here  for  three  days,  during  which 
time  it  rained  almost  continuously. 

On  the  22d  passed  through  Orange  Courthouse,  the  streets  of 
which  presented  a  perfect  swamp.  After  marching  about  a  mile, 
we  camped  on  Dr.  Taylor's  farm  until  the  3d  of  April.  Moved 
at  night  in  direction  of  Fredericksburg,  marching  about  nine 
miles.  On  the  4th  passed  Vidiersville,  and  halted  on  the  road 


WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  IJ 

that  night.  On  the  5th  we  turned  off  this  road,  started  in  a  south 
ern  direction,  halting  at  Macedonia  Church.  The  next  day  we 
reached  Louisa  Courthouse.  For  two  days  there  was  a  constant 
snow,  hail  and  rain  storm,  and  the  country  roads  over  which  we 
passed  were  nothing  but  a  bed  of  soft  mud.  At  Louisa  Court 
house  General  A.  P.  Hill,  in  command  of  the  brigade,  treated 
the  men  to  a  drink  of  whiskey  at  his  own  expense. 

On  the  8th,  left  Louisa  Courthouse  and  hajted  near  Tolers- 
ville,  on  Mountain  Road.  The  next  day  marched  twenty  miles 
to  Brick  Store,  on  the  loth  to  Ground  Squirrel  Church,  Hanover 
county,  and  on  the  i2th  stopped  at  Young's  Mill  Pond,  where 
we  remained  till  the  i6th,  when  we  marched  through  Richmond 
and  embarked  on  the  steamer  "  Glen  Cove,"  in  the  evening, 
reaching  King's  Mill  wharf  at  2  A.  M.  on  the  lyth.  Rested  on 
the  river  bank  till  9  A.  M.,  then  marched  to  Winn's  Mill,  where 
we  halted.  The  next  day,  the  i8th,  took  position  in  line  of 
works,  doing  picket  duty  and  strengthening  the  works.  The 
enemy's  line  was  about  1,000  yards  distant,  and  we  were  exposed 
under  severe  shelling.  In  the  rear  of  our  line  were  some  log 
cabins,  put  up  for  winter  quarters.  During  a  heavy  rain  some 
of  our  men  got  in  one  of  these  cabins  for  shelter,  when  one  of 
the  enemy's  shells  struck  the  cabin  and  exploded  therein,  killing 
Corporal  E.  M.  Ferneyhough  and  wounding  Private  M.  J.  Wing- 
field,  both  from  Company  D.  Ferneyhough  was  the  first  man 
our  company  lost;  he  was  a  brave  and  noble  fellow,  and  his 
death  was  a  cause  of  universal  regret. 

On  the  24th,  relieved  by  the  Ninth  Alabama,  and  camped  near 
Lebanon  Church.  On  the  2ist  our  time  of  service  expired,  but 
as  the  country  could  not  spare  us  just  then,  we  held  on  to  our 
occupation.  A  general  reorganization,  however,  took  place,  and 
on  the  26th  new  officers  were  elected  as  follows  : 

LEWIS  B.  WILLIAMS,  Colonel. 
FREDERICK  G.  SKINNER,  Lieutenant-Colonel. 
WILLIAM  H.  PALMER,  Major. 
T.  HERBERT  DAVIS,  Captain  Company  B. 
JAMES  MITCHELL,  Captain  Company  C. 
GEORGE  F.  NORTON,  Captain  Company  D. 
FRANK  H.  LANGLEY,  Captain  Company  G. 
WILLIAM  E.  TYSINGER,  Captain  Company  H. 
J.  W.  TABB,  Captain  Company  I. 


18  WAR    HISTORY   OF    THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

Companies  E  and  K,  whose  time  of  service  had  expired,  dis 
banded,  and  most  of  the  men  joined  other  commands. 

On  the  evening  of  the  3d  of  May,  the  evacuation  of  York- 
town  commenced.  Left  the  trenches  during  that  night  and 
halted  about  four  or  five  miles  in  the  rear,  near  an  old  church, 
for  a  short  time,  during  which  the  reports  of  the  ammunition  and 
ordnance  being  blown  up  at  Yorktown,  could  be  distinctly  heard. 
Marching  part  of  that  night  and  the  next  day,  we  reached  Wil- 
liamsburg,  and  halted  on  the  west  of  that  town,  on  the  morning 
of  the  4th,  near  the  asylum.  On  the  morning  of  the  5th  our 
brigade,  commanded  by  General  A.  P.  Hill,  was  ordered  to  pre 
pare  for  battle.  It  was  a  wet,  rainy  day.  At  about  10  o'clock 
A.  M.,  we  marched  back  through  the  city  at  double-quick  time, 
and  formed  into  line  to  the  right  of  Fort  Magruder,  in  an  open 
field.  An  hour  afterward  we  were  sent  into  the  woods,  in  front 
of  which  was  cut  down  timber,  forming  an  abattis. 

We  were  ordered  to  support  a  Mississippi  regiment,  engaged 
heavily  with  the  enemy.  Before  we  could  reach  them,  five  com 
panies  broke  and  came  through  our  ranks  in  confusion.  The 
pursuit  through  the  abattis  threw  the  enemy  into  confusion,  and 
our  firm  line  and  steady  fire  did  great  execution.  We  fol 
lowed  through  the  abattis,  and  beyond  charged  a  battery  of  six 
guns,  capturing  it,  and  a  large  and  a  small  battle  flag.  An  aide 
of  General  Longstreet  ordered  Colonel  Williams  to  detail  one 
hundred  men  to  bring  these  guns  off,  but  Colonel  Williams  told 
him  he  could  not  spare  this  force ;  whereupon  a  detail  of  the 
Nineteenth  Virginia  regiment  was  obtained,  which  carried  the 
guns  to  the  rear. 

The  fact  of  Colonel  Williams'  inability  to  furnish  the  men  to 
carry  off  these  guns  led  to  some  controversy,  which  was,  how 
ever,  decided  in  favor  of  our  regiment.  Below  are  two  commu 
nications  published  at  that  time,  one  in  the  Whig  and  the  other 
in  the  Dispatch,  of  May  I2th  and  25th,  1862,  respectively.* 

*" CORRECTION"  CORRECTED. 

HEADQUARTERS  FIRST  REG'T  VIRGINIA  VOLUNTEERS, 
CAMP  ON  BODEKER'S  FARM,  May  24th,  1862. 

To  the  Editor  of  the  Whig: 

The  Enquirer  of  the  23d  contains  a  communication  signed  "A.  B.  C., 
28th  Va.  Reg't,"  in  which  the  writer  states  that  "  A  report  has  been 


WAR    HISTORY   OF   THE   OLD    FIRST    VIRGINIA.  19 

After  this  successful  charge  we  crossed  an  open  field  before  us, 
and  halted  in  the  edge  of  a  piece  of  woods.  Here  we  became 
separated  from  the  brigade,  and  during  the  balance  of  the  day  the 
regiment  fought  on  its  own  hook.  Seeing  the  Federal  lines  pass 


going  the  rounds  of  the  Richmond  press,  that  the  First  Virginia  regi 
ment  charged  and  captured  the  Federal  battery  stationed  on  the 
main  road  leading  from  Williamsburg  to  King's  Mill  landing.  This 
is  erroneous.  No  part  of  the  First  Virginia  regiment  was 

near  this  battery  at  any  time  during  the  action."  The  Whig  of  to-day 
<24th)  contains  a  communication  from  Colonel  J.  B.  Strange,  Nineteenth 
Virginia  regiment,  headed  "Correction,"  in  which  he  states  that  the 
"  issue  of  the  igth  instant  contains  an  editorial  paragraph  so  grossly 
misrepresenting  a  part  of  the  action  of  the  5th  instant,  near  Williams- 
burg,  in  which  my  regiment  is  alluded  to,  I  feel  compelled,  for  the  sake 
of  truth  as  well  as  justice  to  the  gallant  band  I  commanded  on  that 
occasion,  to  correct  your  statement.  You  say  that  after  the  First  Vir 
ginia  regiment  had  captured  a  battery,  Colonel  Williams  requested  me 
to  make  a  detail  from  my  regiment  to  take  it  to  the  rear.  You  may 
infer  my  surprise  at  seeing  this  statement,  when  I  inform  you  that  / 
was  not  present  at  any  battery  captured  by  that  regiment.  *  *  *  I 
asked  Colonel  Williams,  who  I  discovered  had  come  up  on  my  left, 
to  assist  me  in  getting  the  pieces  off,  which  he  declined  doing  on 
account  of  the  "  smallness  of  his  regiment."  "A.  B.  C.,  28th  Va. 
Reg't,"  is  answered  by  Colonel  Strange  of  the  Nineteenth.  "  A.  B.  C." 
(Twenty-eighth)  says  that  "no  part  of  the  First  Virginia  was  near  the 
battery  at  any  time  during  the  action,"  and  Colonel  Strange  says  that 
"  he  had  a  conversation  with  Colonel  Williams,  who  he  discovered  had 
come  up  on  his  left."  The  issue  is  simply  one  of  veracity.  Colonel 
Williams  is  wounded  and  a  prisoner.  When  being  borne  from  the  field 
he  said  that  the  battery  would  be  claimed  by  the  Nineteenth  Virginia, 
because,  when  the  First  Virginia  passed  through  it,  he  had  not  men 
enough  to  take  it  off,  and  requested  Colonel  Strange  to  make  a  detail 
from  his  regiment  to  do  so.  The  colors  of  the  battery  were  placed  on 
a  caisson  by  a  member  of  the  First  Virginia  regiment.  On  the  third 
day  after  the  battle  I  had  a  conversation  with  Colonel  Strange,  in  the 
presence  of  several  witnesses,  on  the  subject  of  the  battery,  and  under 
stood  him  to  concede  the  fact  that  the  First  Virginia  had  taken  it. 

WILLIAM  H.  PALMER, 
Major  Commanding. 

I  was  with  the  First  Virginia  regiment  in  an  engagement  near  Wil 
liamsburg,  on  the  5th  of  May,  and  during  that  engagement  we  suc 
ceeded  in  capturing  a  battery  from  the  enemy.  The  First  Virginia  had 
passed  through  said  battery  and  formed  line  when  the  Nineteenth 


20  WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

over  the  field  in  our  rear,  we  fell  back  to  the  woods,  from  where 
we  started.  Here  the  fighting  was  continued.  The  balls  ap 
peared  to  come  from  all  directions,  while  our  regiment  was  with 
out  any  support.  Colonel  L.  B.  Williams  was  badly  wounded, 

Virginia  had  crossed  the  road  and  formed  on  our  right.  Colonel  Wil 
liams  then  requested  Colonel  Strange  to  send  the  battery  to  the  rear, 
giving  as  a  reason  for  applying  to  him,  that  the  First  had  so  few  men 
he  could  not  spare  any  for  that  purpose.  Soon  after  Colonel  Strange 
passed,  with  a  few  men  and  a  flag  from  the  Nineteenth  on  our  right,  to 
our  left,  where  the  guns  were,  and  immediately  afterwards  all  went 
into  action  and  left  the  battery  to  our  rear.  Who  took  the  guns  off  I 
cannot  say,  but  the  First  Virginia  was  the  first  to  clear  it  of  live  Fed 
eral  soldiers. 

JAMES  W.  TABB, 
Captain  Company  /,  First  Virginia  Regiment. 

With  regard  to  the  above,  I  have  only  to  state  that  when  the  battery 
on  the  main  road  was  charged  through  and  taken  by  the  First  Virginia 
regiment,  Colonel  Strange  and  his  regiment  had  not  come  upon  the 
ground.  It  was  not  until  having  obtained  permission  from  Colonel  Wil 
liams,  I  had  made  a  detail  from  my  company,  of  a  Lieutenant  and  some 
men,  for  the  purpose  of  manning  one  of  the  guns  and  turning  it  on  the 
then  retreating  enemy,  that  they  arrived,  coming  up  on  our  right, 
when,  as  I  then  understood  from  Colonel  Williams,  he  made  arrange 
ments  with  Colonel  Strange  for  its  removal.  Any  one  who  was  on  the 
field  at  that  time  will  see  the  absurdity  of  the  statement  of  "  A.  B.  C.," 
Twenty-eighth  Virginia,  in  his  article  in  the  Enquirer  of  the  23d  instant. 

JAMES  MITCHEL, 
Captain  Company  C,  First  Virginia  Volunteers. 

I  was  present  at  the  capture  of  the  battery  spoken  of  in  the  forego 
ing  article,  and  after  the  First  Virginia  regiment  had  passed  through  it 
and  formed  twenty  steps  beyond,  Colonel  Strange  came  from  the  right 
and  said  to  Colonel  Williams,  by  whose  side  I  was  standing,  "  Williams, 
you  ought  to  send  a  detail  to  take  that  battery  off  the  field,"  to  which 
Colonel  Williams  replied,  "  Colonel,  it  is  impossible  for  me  to  do  it, 
as  I  have  only  one  hundred  and  fifty  men,  but  I  wish  you  would  do 
it."  Colonel  Strange  then  ordered  the  battery  to  be  spiked,  but  event 
ually  some  of  them  were  carried  from  the  field  by  a  detail  from  the 
Nineteenth  regiment. 

WILLIAM  T.  FRY, 
First  Lieut,  and  Adjutant  First  Reg't  Va.  Vols. 

STATEMENTS   OF   AN   EYE-WITNESS. 

A  gentleman  who  witnessed  the  fight  near  Williamsburg  on  Monday, 
informs  us  that  our  force  engaged  amounted  to  six  or  eight  thousand 


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and  carried  off  the  field,  after  which  Major  W.  H.  Palmer,  who 
had  also  been  wounded,  but  did  not  leave  the  field,  took  charge, 
and  under  his  gallant  and  daring  leadership  the  men  did  their 
duty  nobly  on  that  trying  day. 

When  night  came  the  survivors  made  their  way  back  to  town. 
It  had  been  raining  all  the  time,  and  the  men  were  completely 
broken  down,  after  fighting  all  that  day  without  being  relieved. 
We  lost  eight  men  killed  and  about  thirty  wounded  from  the 
regiment: 

Field  and  Staff. — Wounded:  Colonel  Lewis  B.  Williams*  and 
Major  William  H.  Palmer. 

Company  B. — Killed:  Corporal  Charles  D.  Beale;  Privates 

Jordan  and  Peter  Moss.  Wounded:  Privates  Mungo  P. 

Buchanan,  John  Jacobs,  Jr.,*  and  Adam  Smith, 

Company  C— Killed :  Private  Patrick  Keeting.  Wounded: 
Private  James  H.  Dooley.* 

Company  D. — Killed:    Private    George    Logan.      Wounded: 


men.  The  battle  lasted  nine  hours.  The  First  Virginia  regiment  cap 
tured  a  battery  of  eight  guns,  and  two  colors,  from  the  enemy.  There 
has  been  some  dispute  in  regard  to  which  regiment  performed  this  gal 
lant  act,  but  we  learn  that  the  matter  has  been  decided  in  favor  of  the 
First  by  the  General  commanding  the  brigade  to  which  it  is  attached. 
The  number  of  casualties  in  killed  and  wounded  in  General  A.  P. 
Hill's  brigade  have  been  ascertained  as  follows-  First  regiment,  46; 
Seventh  regiment,  90 ;  Eleventh  regiment,  131  ;  Seventeenth  regiment, 
71 ;  total,  338.  Some  erroneous  statements  have  been  published  in 
connection  with  this  battle,  which  we  are  now  enabled  to  correct. 
General  Early  was  not  mortally  wounded;  his  injuries  are  severe,  but 
it  is  believed  he  will  soon  recover  and  be  able  to  take  the  field  again. 
Colonel  Williams,  of  the  First  Virginia,  received  a  very  severe  wound, 
and  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  Major  Palmer,  of  the  same 
regiment,  who  was  reported  killed,  received  only  a  slight  wound  in  the 
arm,  and  remained  on  the  field  until  the  close  of  the  engagement. 
Neither  Colonel  Kemper  nor  Colonel  Corse,  both  of  whom  were  re 
ported  wounded,  received  any  injury,  though  they  exposed  themselves 
in  a  daring  manner  throughout  the  day.  The  rumor  that  General 
Anderson  was  killed  probably  arose  from  the  death  of  his  brother,  who 
fell  in  the  battle.  The  General  was  not  injured.  We  hear  that  the  loss 
on  our  side,  in  killed,  wounded  and  missing,  is  estimated  at  500.  The 
loss  of  the  enemy  can  only  be  conjectured,  though  it  was  unquestion 
ably  much  heavier  than  ours. 
*  Those  marked  *  were  left  in  the  enemy's  hands. 


22  WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST    VIRGINIA. 

Lieutenant  E.  P.  Reeve;*  Sergeants  L.  M.  Blanton  and  J.  M. 
Finn;  Privates  T.  H.  Haley,*  E.  Priddy  and  D.  S.  Edwards. 
Prisoner :  Private  William  H.  Stewart. 

Company  G. — Killed:  Sergeant  C.  C.  Fowlks.  Wounded: 
Corporal  A.  J.  Snead  ;  Private  H.  B.  Gary. 

Company  H. — Killed  :  Private  Robert  D.  Swords.  Wounded : 
Captain  W.  E.  Tysinger;  Corporal  Thomas  S.  Riddick;  Privates 
C.  P.  Hansford,  Edwin  Gilham*  and  George  A.  Rae. 

Company  I . — Killed:  Private  John  G.  Grammer.  Wounded: 
Captain  James  W.  Tabb;  Lieutenant  W.  A.  Caho;  Sergeant  R. 
M.Jones;  Corporal  C.  L.  Parker;  Privates  John  T.  Ayers,  J.  F. 
Devoux*  and  Thomas  Senoir. 

Killed,  8 ;  wounded,  27.  of  which  8  were  left  in  hands  of  enemy ; 
prisoner,  i.  Total,  36. 

We  captured  several  hundred  prisoners,  and  could  have  taken 
more,  the  woods  being  full  of  scattered  Federals;  but  we  could 
not  trouble  ourselves  with  them.  During  the  night  the  men  took 
shelter  in  the  vacant  houses  of  the  town  and  dried  themselves. 

Early  on  the  morning  of  the  6th  the  army  left  Williamsburg. 
The  roads  were  almost  impassable — wagons,  horses  and  even 
some  of  the  men  got  stuck  in  the  deep  mud,  and  were  only  by 
great  exertions  liberated.  Reached  Burnt  Ordinary,  seven  miles 
distant,  that  night.  On  the  yth  left  at  4  A.  M.;  halted  in  line  of 
battle  till  dark,  marched  all  night,  and  on  the  8th  we  reached 
the  Chickahominy  river.  During  all  this  time  we  were  without 
anything  to  eat,  except  dry  corn,  or  what  we  could  gather  on 
the  way.  It  was  therefore  quite  a  treat  when  we  again  got  our 
hunger  stilled  by  rations  being  served  to  us  at  this  place.  On  the 
9th  we  reached  Long  Bridge  and  camped  for  six  days,  resting 
our  weary  bodies,  and  on  the  i5th  we  continued  our  retreat  to 
wards  Richmond.  A  fearful  rain  set  in  during  the  night,  and  we 
were  almost  swimming  in  the  water  the  next  morning.  On  the 
1 6th  we  halted  to  camp  on  Clark's  farm,  near  Darby  town,  where 
we  remained  until  the  27th;  we  were  then  marched  to  Mechan- 
icsville  Turnpike,  near  Howard's  Grove,  where  we  encamped. 

While  in  camp  near  Darbytown,  General  James  L.  Kemper 
(formerly  Colonel  of  the  Seventh  Virginia)  was  placed  in 

*  Those  marked  *  were  left  in  the  enemy's  hands. 


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charge  of  the  brigade,  which  consisted  of  our  regiment  (the 
First  Virginia);  the  Seventh  Virginia,  Colonel  W.  Tazevvell  Pat- 
ton,  killed  at  Gettysburg,  and  succeeded  by  Colonel  C.  C.  Flow- 
eree;  the  Eleventh  Virginia,  Colonel  Samuel  Garland,  killed  at 
Boonsboro',  and  succeeded  by  David  Funsten,  Maurice  S.  Lang- 
horne  and  Kirk  Otey ;  the  Twenty-fourth  Virginia,  Colonel 
William  R.  Terry,  promoted  to  Brigadier-General,  succeeding 
General  Kemper  (disabled  for  field  duty  at  Gettysburg)  in  com 
mand  of  the  brigade,  whereupon  Colonel  Richard  L.  Maury  was 
promoted  to  the  command  of  the  regiment;  the  Seventeenth 
Virginia,  Colonel  M.  D.  Corse,  who  was  promoted  to  Brigadier- 
General  and  placed  in  charge  of  a  brigade,  taking  the  Seven 
teenth  Virginia  with  him.  Some  time  in  November,  1862,  the 
place  of  the  Seventeenth  was  filled  by  the  Third  Virginia,  Col 
onel  Joseph  Mayo,  Jr. 

By  constant  intercourse  the  men  of  this  old  brigade  came  to 
know  and  love  each  other.  Standing  together,  shoulder  to 
shoulder,  facing  the  storm  of  lead  and  iron  on  so  many  battle 
fields,  traveling  together  so  many  weary  miles,  from  the  swamps 
of  North  Carolina  to  the  mountains  of  Pennsylvania,  made  them 
comrades  and  brothers  indeed.  Never,  to  my  knowledge,  was 
there  the  slightest  discord  or  strife  between  the  various  regi 
ments  composing  this  brigade.  An  insult  to  a  member  of  this 
brigade  was  an  insult  to  be  resented  by  every  individual  man  of 
the  brigade.  Right  or  wrong,  they  would  assist  and  stand  by 
each  other ;  one  relying  on  the  other  with  implicit  faith — these 
were  the  "Kemper's  men." 

During  the  evening  of  the  3Oth  a  heavy  rain  storm  set  in,  flood 
ing  the  whole  camp.  We  went  to  Colonel  Skinner  to  get  per 
mission  to  go  to  Richmond,  and  the  old  Colonel  expressed  himself 
thus  :  "I  can't  give  you  all  permission  to  go;  but  you  all  know 
well  enough  how  to  flank  the  guards."  We  took  the  hint,  and 
with  the  exception  of  one  or  two  men,  the  camp  was  soon  de 
serted.  The  morning  of  the  3ist,  the  brigade  was  called  under 
arms.  There  were  only  a  few  of  the  First  regiment  present,  and 
these  were,  for  a  while,  placed  with  the  Seventh  Virginia.  On 
the  march  to  the  battle-ground  of  Seven  Pines  most  all  the 
absentees  reappeared  and  fell  into  ranks,  and  some  brought  their 
brothers  and  friends  with  them.  Formed  in  line  of  battle  about 
i  P.  M.,  and  were  placed  to  the  right  of  the  Williamsburg  road, 


24  WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST    VIRGINIA. 

where  we  remained  until  5  P.  M.,  when  we  were  sent  in  to  relieve 
the  troops  then  engaged. 

After  reaching  an  open  field,  the  line  of  battle  was  formed. 
Our  regiment  being  in  front,  it  advanced  over  the  open  field  and 
came  to  a  temporary  halt  behind  a  big  wood-pile.  Coming  out 
from  the  shelter  of  this  friendly  protection,  and  while  marching 
in  four  ranks  to  the  right,  the  regiment  was  suddenly  subjected 
to  a  fearful  fire  of  musketry,  which  swept  the  ranks,  killing  and 
wounding  over  one-third  of  our  men  before  they  could  return 
the  compliment.  The  rest  got  into  the  works  and  continued  the 
fight  until,  with  the  aid  of  the  balance  of  our  brigade,  the  enemy 
was  driven  off.  Most  of  the  men  spent  the  night  in  General 
Casey's  headquarters,  where  they  found  quite  a  supply  of  refresh 
ments,  left  by  the  enemy  in  their  retreat,  which  were  duly  appre 
ciated  by  us  after  the  hot  day's  work. 

It  will  not  be  amiss  to  relate  an  incident  here.  A  few  days 
prior  to  the  fight  orders  had  been  issued  to  hold  the  men  strictly 
accountable  for  their  arms  and  ammunition.  During  this  battle 
Private  "Monk"  Wingfield,  from  Company  D,  had  his  musket 
shattered  into  fragments  by  a  piece  of  shell.  When  told  to 
throw  it  away  and  pick  up  another  (hundreds  of  them  were 
lying  about),  he  replied:  "I  am  not  going  to  pay  fifteen  dollars 
for  my  gun ;  I  am  going  to  carry  it  back  to  the  ordnance  wagon," 
which  he  did  the  next  day,  when  he  got  another  gun. 

The  loss  of  the  regiment  was  as  follows : 

Field  and  Staff. — Drill  Master  Lieutenant  Thomas  H.  Mercer, 
wounded. 

Company  B. — Killed  :  Lieutenant  Francis  M.  Mann  ;  Corporal 
L.  H.  Strom.  Wounded  :  Captain  T.  H.  Davis  ;  Lieutenant  J. 
A.  Payne;  Sergeants  J.  L.  Littlepage,  W.  Harper  Dean;  Corporals 
N.  T.  Ernest,  William  Carter,  G.  G.  Goddin,  William  A.  Stoaber ; 
Privates  George  R.  Heath,  Fred.  Loehr,  R.  J.  Pollard, 

Company  C.  —  Killed:  Sergeant  Henry  Sullivan;  Private  Tim. 
Purcell. 

Company  D.—  Killed:  Privates  L.  R.  Smith  and  Joseph  A. 
Frith.  Wounded:  Captain  George  F.  Norton;  Lieutenants  W. 
H.  Keiningham  and  A.  Blair;  Privates  F.  W.  Gianini,  H.  W. 
Furcron,  T.  S.  Morton,  N.  F.  Wheat. 

Company  G.— Killed:  Privates  M.  R.  Mahone,   C.   C.  Talia- 


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ferro,  Robert  F.  Tyree.  Wounded:  Lieutenant  Eldridge  Morris, 
Lieutenant  L.  R.  Shell ;  Corporal  Thomas  H.  Gunn ;  Privates  J. 
R.  Atkinson,  Richard  Jordan,  Henry  Brimmer;  Sergeant  George 
W.  Ball. 

Company  //—Killed:  Sergeant  Charles  R.  New;  Private 
William  M.Jackson.  Wounded:  Lieutenant  P.  C.  Cabell;  Cor 
porals  Richard  Chaddick  and  James  A.  Via;  Private  J.  J.  Chad- 
dick. 

Company  /—Killed:  Privates  H.  Brooks,  A.  A.  Burgess,  R. 
L.  Tabb,  R.  J.  Moss  Wounded:  Lieutenant  B.  F.  Howard; 
Sergeants  W.  T.  White  and  E.  C.  Goodson ;  Privates  Paul  Mc- 
Grail,  A.  Rudd,  A.  Figner,  James  Ainsko,  E.  Taliaferro. 

Company  K. — Wounded:  Corporal  A.  Weidenhahn. 

Killed,  15;  wounded,  39 — 54. 

After  this  battle  the  regiment  was  disorganized,  or,  more  prop 
erly  stated,  suspended.  The  men  having  gone  to  their  homes  in 
Richmond,  Companies  K  and  E,  whose  time  had  expired,  had 
left  the  regiment,  Colonel  Williams  was  a  prisoner,  and  things 
looked  very  much  like  a  close  of  the  record  and  history  of  the 
Old  First  Virginia  regiment ;  but  about  the  gth  of  June  Captain 
J.  W.  Tabb,  of  Company  I,  took  charge  of  the  remains  of  the 
regiment,  and  procured  a  store  on  Cary,  near  Thirteenth  street, 
as  headquarters  of  the  regiment.  He  managed  to  get  about 
forty-five  of  the  men  together.  On  the  26th  of  June  the  regi 
ment  was  again  reported  ready  for  duty,  and  the  forty-five  men, 
under  the  command  of  Captain  G.  F.  Norton,  of  our  Company, 
"  D,"  joined  the  brigade  on  its  way  to  Mechanicsville.  Halted 
during  the  night  near  the  bridge  over  the  Chickahominy.  Crossed 
that  river  on  the  morning  of  the  2yth,  and  were  posted  as  reserve 
in  rear  of  Gaines's  Mill  while  that  battle  was  being  fought.  The 
28th  and  2Qth  was  passed  in  following  up  the  enemy  on  his  re 
treat  to  James  river.  Early  on  the  3oth  crossed  the  Chicka 
hominy  and  participated  in  the  battle  of  Frazier's  Farm,  losing 
the  following  men : 

Company  B. — Wounded:  Lieutenant  L.  S.  Robins;  Sergeants 
J.  L.  Littlepage  and  J.  O.  Figg. 

Company  D. — M.  J.  Wingfield  was  taken  prisoner.  He  sat 
down  on  the  captured  cannon  and  lit  his  pipe,  when  the  enemy 
charged  and  retook  the  guns  and  captured  him. 


26  WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST    VIRGINIA. 

Company  K.— Corporal  A.  Weidenhahn,  wounded  and  left  in 
the  enemy's  hands;  our  Chaplain,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Martin,  was  also 
taken  prisoner. 

On  the  next  day  skirmishing-  was  going  on  in  front  all  day. 
July  ist  the  battle  of  Malvern  Hill  was  fought,  but  our  services 
were  not  needed,  we  remaining  in  reserve. 

A  few  days  after  the  seven  days'  battles  the  regiment,  which 
numbered  now  about  thirty  men,  turned  back  towards  Richmond, 
and  went  into  camp  near  Darbytown.  About  the  ist  of  August 
Major  W.  H.  Palmer,  who  had  been  ill  from  wounds  received  at 
the  battle  of  Williamsburg,  and  typhoid  fever  contracted  sub 
sequently,  took  charge  of  the  regiment  and  commenced  to  re 
organize  the  same.  In  a  short  time  we  had  141  men  in  ranks. 

On  the  morning  of  August  loth  we  left  camp,  marched  to 
Richmond  and  took  the  cars  for  Gordonsville,  where  we  landed 
the  same  evening.  The  next  morning  we  marched  towards 
Orange  Courthouse,  but  after  marching  some  distance  under  a 
broiling  sun,  we  were  ordered  back.  Passed  through  Gordonsville 
and  went  into  camp  near  Mechanicsville,  Louisa  county,  where 
we  remained  till  the  i6th,  when  we  left,  taking  a  northerly  direc 
tion,  marching  on  the  Orange  and  Fredericksburg  Turnpike, 
passing  Orange  Courthouse.  On  the  2oth,  crossed  the  Rapidan 
at  Raccoon  Ford.  On  the  2 ist,  we  were  halted  and  held  in  re 
serve  in  the  woods  on  the  left  of  the  road,  about  one-half  mile 
south  of  Kelley's  Ford.  At  that  point,  quite  a  brisk  engagement 
was  fought,  cavalry  and  artillery  being  principally  engaged.  The 
enemey's  shelling  created  a  panic  among  the  negro  cooks,  who, 
as  they  came  running  past  our  brigade,  received  the  usual  salu 
tations,  "Going  all  the  way  to-night,  uncle?  Anybody  been 
troubling  you?  Hold  on,  you  got  plenty  time;  you  are  going 
the  wrong  way,  you  will  get  lost,"  &c.  Most  of  them,  however, 
had  no  time  for  talking,  but  one  old  fellow,  less  scared,  or  more 
tired,  however,  exclaimed  :  "  I  tell  you,  marsters,  dem  dar  shells 
kept  on  singing  'whar  you,  nigger?'  'Whar  you,  nigger?'  I 
tell  you,  when  I  heard  dat,  I  got,  I  did." 

While  here,  a  Federal  spy,  neatly  dressed  in  a  new  Confede 
rate  uniform,  approached  General  Longstreet  and  presented  to 
him  a  forged  order  from  General  Jackson,  about  the  movement 
of  his  troops.  General  Longstreet,  who  knew  all  of  Jackson's 
couriers,  was  not  long  in  finding  out  who  he  had  before  him, 


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and  in  a  few  minutes  the  spy  was  swinging  from  a  convenient 
tree,  and  before  life  was  hardly  extinct  his  new  boots  were  pulled 
off  by  some  enterprising  Confed. 

In  the  evening  passed  Stevensburg  and  marched  to  Brandy 
Station,  near  the  Rappahannock,  halting  on  Mr.  John  Minor 
Botts's  farm.  On  the  23d,  the  battle  of  Rappahannock  was 
fought.  It  was  principally  an  artillery  engagement  across  the 
river.  On  the  24th,  marched  up  the  Rappahannock,  crossed  the 
Hazel  river  and  halted  near  Jeffersonton;  25th,  halted  near 
Waterloo  Bridge ;  26th,  crossed  the  Rappahannock  at  Hinson's 
Ford  and  reached  Salem ;  2yth,  arrived  near  White  Plains,  and 
halted  near  Thoroughfare  Gap.  During  the  night  the  horses  of 
the  officers  stampeded,  wounding  two  men;  one  of  them,  Thomas 
Durham,  of  Company  G,  had  his  ear  cut  off.  On  perceiving  his 
wound,  he  clapped  his  hand  to  the  wounded  part  and  exclaimed, 
"  I  have  got  a  one  'ear  turlough!"  After  the  horses  stampeded, 
a  big  woodpile  tumbled  down,  which,  considering  that  the  night 
was  pitch  dark,  did  not  help  to  make  us  very  comfortable;  28th, 
passed  through  the  Gap,  in  which  the  enemy's  dead  were  still 
lying  from  the  previous  day's  fight;  passed  through  Haymarket 
and  Gainesville,  halting  about  three  miles  from  the  latter  place, 
near  Manassas. 

This  march  to  Manassas  was  peculiarly  trying  to  the  men, 
sometimes  marching  all  night,  and  receiving  orders  to  move  from 
a  place  which  we  had  not  reached,  when  the  orders  to  move  were 
received,  then  standing  in  the  road  waiting  for  the  column  to 
move,  besides  having  nothing  to  eat,  except  what  we  could  find 
in  the  fields  -  green  corn  and  apples  being  principally  our  diet. 
Often  when  some  of  the  men  left  ranks  to  plunder  an  apple  tree, 
General  Corse,  in  command  of  the  brigade,  would  create  a  laugh 
by  calling  out  to  them,  "  Come  back  here,  you  miserable  strag 
glers,  to  desert  your  colors  for  a  few  green  apples,"  but  he  was 
paid  back  in  the  same  coin,  when  he  and  his  staff  halted  some 
where  on  the  road  to  chat  with  the  ladies,  by  the  whole  brigade 
yelling  at  him,  "  Come  back  from  there,  you  miserable  straggler." 

29th. — Heavy  skirmishing  going  on  all  day  in  our  front,  and 
subjected  to  shelling.  On  the  3Oth.  the  second  battle  of  Manas 
sas  was  fought. 

Our  brigade,  under  the  command  of  Colonel  Corse,  of  the 
Seventeenth,  (our  brigade  commander  having  been  placed  in 


28  WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

command  of  Longstreet's  division,  and  having  detached  our 
Major,  W.  H.  Palmer,  as  his  Chief  of  Staff)  was  ordered  to  the 
right,  and  took  our  place  in  line  of  battle.  About  4:30  o'clock 
P.  M.  the  fight  was  in  full  blast.  We  were  ordered  to  charge, 
and  succeeded  in  driving  the  enemy  from  his  line,  near  the  Chinn 
House,  capturing  two  batteries.  Colonel  F.  G.  Skinner,  who  led 
the  regiment,  here  immortalized  himself  by  riding  into  the 
enemy's  artillery  and  cutting  down  the  cannoniers  far  ahead  of 
our  charging  line,  but  he  was  so  badly  wounded  as  to  render  him 
unable  for  field  duty  thereafter. 

General  M.  D.  Corse,  commanding  brigade,  in  his  report 
published  in  the  Southern  Historical  Society  Papers,  has  the 
following  : 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Skinner  (First  Virginia),  dashing  forward  in  ad 
vance  of  the  whole  line,  was  the  first  to  reach  the  battery,  and  I  saw 
him  dealing  deadly  blows  with  his  sabre  to  the  Yankee  gunners.  The 
steady  veteran,  Terry,  with  the  gallant  Twenty-fourth,  delivered  a  de 
structive  volley  into  the  enemy's  ranks  on  our  left,  and  pushed  forward 
to  the  charge.  The  valiant  Patton  led  the  heroic  Seventh  Virginia. 
Its  list  of  casualties  in  officers  and  men  gives  proof  they  were  where 
the  battle  raged  fiercely.  Colonel  Patton,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Flow- 
eree,  Major  Swindler  and  Adjutant  Patton,  all  fell  severely  wounded  in 
this  brilliant  onset.  The  ever-ready  First,  as  usual,  did  its  work  man 
fully.  Major  Clements,  with  the  war-worn  Eleventh,  moved  forward 
with  veteran  firmness.  The  Seventeenth,  led  by  the  ardent  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Marye,  advanced  in  perfect  line.  Just  before  reaching  the 
battery,  Colonel  Marye  fell,  wounded  severely,  and  under  command  of 
the  intrepid  Major  Herbert,  the  regiment  continued  the  charge.  The 
charge  was  a  success;  the  enemy  was  driven  from  his  guns,  his  infantry 
supports  scattered,  and  his  battery  taken. 

CASUALTIES    IN    THE    BRIGADE. 

KILLED.       WOUNDED.         MISSING.         TOTAL. 

First  Virginia  regiment,  4  26  i  31 

Seventeenth  Virginia  regiment,  4  44  ...  48 

Eleventh  Virginia  regiment,  9  55  ...  64 

Seventh  Virginia  regiment,  5  48  ...  53 

Twenty-fourth  Virginia  reg't,  n  67  ...  78 

33  240  i  274 

The  following  is  a  list  of  casualties  in  the  regiment.  Those 
marked  "killed"  include  all  that  died  from  wounds: 


WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  2Q 

Field  and  Staff. — Wounded  :  Lieutenant- Colonel  Fred.  G. 
Skinner. 

Company  B. — Killed :  Corporal  Gus  G.  Goddin ;  Privates  C. 
C.  Carter,  John  W.  Ratcliffe,  J.  T.  Shiflett.  Wounded  :  Sergeants 
Benjamin  M.  Crow,  L.  W.  Ogden ;  Privates  William  A.  Mallory, 
Richard  H.  Street.  Prisoner :  Sergeant  J.  L.  Littlepage, 

Company  C. — Killed  :  Lieutenant  John  H.  Donahoe. 

Company  D. — Killed :  Sergeant  W.  A.  Morris.  Wounded  : 
Lieutenant  E.  P.  Reeve;  Privates  G.  L.  Meenley,  T.  S.  Morton, 
I.  T.  Porter,  L.  R.  Wingfield,  A.  G  Steger,  J.  E.  Dooley.  Pris 
oner:  Private  H.  M.  Walthall. 

Company  G. — Wounded:   Private  Robert  G.  Stewart. 

Company  H.— Killed  :  Captain  W.  E.  Tysinger;  Private  W. 
M.  Wight.  Wounded:  Sergeant  John  W.  Wynne;  Privates 
John  A.  Meanley, Nuckols. 

Company  L — Killed :  Captain  J.  W.  Tabb ;  Privates  James 
Ainsko  and  Jacob  H.  Smith.  Wounded:  Lieutenant  H.  C.  Bal- 
lou;  Corporal  C.  L.  Parker;  Privates  J.  T.  Ayres,  G.  R.  Glinn. 

Killed  and  died  from  wounds,  1 1  ;    wounded,  20 ;    prisoners, 

2—33- 

Pollard's  Southern  History  of  the  War,  Volume  I,  page  462, 
contains  the  following : 

"The  First  Virginia,  which  opened  the  fight  on  the  i8th  of  July,  1861, 
with  over  600,  now  reduced  to  less  than  eighty  members,  is  winning 
new  laurels;  but  out  of  the  little  handful  more  than  a  third  have  already 
bit  the  dust." 

Early  the  next  morning  we  crossed  the  battlefield,  where  thou 
sands  of  dead  and  wounded  lay  in  the  broiling  sun.  They  must 
have  suffered  fearfully ;  but  such  is  war.  The  battle  was  fought 
nearly  over  the  same  ground  occupied  by  the  battle  of  July  21, 
1861,  with  this  singular  difference:  that  our  troops  occupied 
nearly  the  same  position  the  Federals  held  in  '61. 

We  crossed  Bull  Run  at  Sudley's  Ford  September  ist,  passed 
Chantilly  and  halted  near  Germantown.  Here  Jackson  was  en 
gaged  in  battle  during  that  day.  Our  brigade,  under  command  of 
Colonel  Corse,  was  sent  into  the  woods  on  the  right  of  the 
road  during  the  night,  and  after  marching  and  counter-march 
ing  all  night,  formed  in  line  of  battle ;  when  day  came  we 


30  WAR    HISTORY   OF   THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

were  facing  our  own  wagon  train.  On  the  2<d,  marched  via 
Dranesville  to  Leesburg.  3d.  Halted  near  White's  Ford,  on  the 
Potomac.  Here  all  the  sick  and  barefooted  men  in  the  army 
were  sent  to  Winchester,  while  we  received  three  days'  rations. 
5th.  Marched  through  Leesburg  and  crossed  the  Potomac  into 
Maryland,  halting  near  Buckstown  on  the  6th,  reaching  Frederick 
Junction,  near  the  Monocacy  railroad  bridge,  on  the  yth.  This 
bridge  was  blown  up  the  next  day.  We  stopped  here  for  three 
days,  having  a  good  time  bathing  in  the  river,  and  getting  some 
thing  better  to  eat  than  raw  corn  and  green  apples. 

On  the  loth,  we  passed  through  Frederick  City,  Middletown 
and  Boonsboro,  on  the  turnpike,  and  reached  Hagerstown  on 
the  evening  of  the  next  day. 

On  the  i4th,  ordered  to  Boonsboro  to  support  General  D.  H. 
Hill's  division,  which  held  the  gap  at  South  Mountain.  Arrived 
there  late  in  the  evening,  when  we  were  placed  in  position  on  the 
hill  to  the  left  of  the  turnpike,  where  we  engaged  the  enemy. 
While  marching  in  column  of  fours,  a  spent  six-pound  shot  struck 
J.  H.  Daniel,  of  Company  "H,"  on  the  rump,  and  knocked  him 
about  ten  feet  without  seriously  injuring  him.  Our  loss  was  as 
follows : 

Wounded:  Lieutenant  W.  H.  Keiningham,  Company  D; 
Privates  J.  H.  Daniel,  W.  H.  Smith,  and  W.  P.  Pumphrey  of 
Company  H.  The  latter  was  left  in  the  enemy's  hands. 

A.  Jeff.  Vaughan,  Company  G,  was  captured. 

During  the  night  we  fell  back,  crossed  Antietam  Creek,  and 
halted  in  line  of  battle  on  the  south  of  Sharpsburg.  The  battle 
of  Sharpsburg  commenced  on  the  i6th,  but  we  were  not  engaged 
till  the  i yth,  when  we  were  attacked  by  the  enemy  (Burnside's 
corps).  Not  being  strong  enough  to  hold  our  position,  we  were 
forced  to  fall  back ;  but  just  then,  General  A.  P.  Hill's  corps 
came  up,  and  the  enemy  was  driven  back  to  where  he  started. 
Private  W.  J.  Mallory,  Company  B,  was  wounded. 

i8th. — Skirmishing  all  day.  At  night,  about  n  P.  M.,  left 
Sharpsburg  and  crossed  the  Potomac  near  Shepherdstown. 

Just  before  leaving  Sharpsburg,  Captain  George  F.  Norton 
detailed  Corporal  L.  Carral,  with  six  men,  to  fill  the  canteens 
with  water.  On  his  way  to  the  water,  he  observed  a  warehouse 


WAR    HISTORY   OF    THE    OLD    FIRST    VIRGINIA.  3! 

where  whiskey  was  stored,  in  charge  of  a  guard  from  a  Georgia 
regiment.  He  marched  his  detail  up,  relieved  the  Georgia  guard, 
and  instead  of  bringing  the  canteens  back  with  water,  filled  them 
with  whiskey,  which  caused  the  step  of  most  of  the  men  to  be 
rather  uncertain  in  fording  the  stream. 

On  the  iQth,  halted  near  Shepherdstown.  On  the  2Oth, 
marched  to  the  Valley  turnpike  and  halted  near  Martinsburg,  by 
a  big  spring,  where  we  encamped  till  the  27th.  Most  of  our 
men  were  shoeless  and  deficient  in  clothing,  and  rest  was  much 
needed. 

On  the  2yth  we  marched  to  within  three  miles  of  Winchester, 
and  camped  at  the  Washington  Spring  for  a  month. 

Here  ended  the  campaign.  The  troops  were  often  without 
rations ;  they  were  deficient  in  clothing,  especially  in  shoes. 
Walking  barefooted  over  the  rocky  roads  was  more  than  most  of 
us  were  used  to.  It  was  a  painful  sight  to  see  the  bloody  and 
blistered  feet  as  the  men  moved  wearily  along,  but  however  much 
they  suffered,  they  managed  to  keep  up. 

A  great  many  recruits  were  sent  to  our  regiment  while  here, 
but  among  them  were  few  that  came  from  Richmond.  There 
the  regiment  was  in  bad  repute;  it  was  considered  "an  unlucky 
regiment."  We  again  numbered  over  200  men  present.  Among 
the  recruits  was  one  little  fellow  from  Chesterfield,  named  Han 
cock,  not  much  over  four  feet  high.  Unable  to  carry  a  musket, 
the  boys  came  to  the  conclusion  he  would  not  do,  and  told  him 
to  go  to  Dr.  Redford,  (our  acting  Commissary  Sergeant,  Ellis 
Redford,)  who,  after  stripping  him  and  sounding  his  lungs  in  a 
professional  way,  pronounced  him  "unfit  for  duty,"  and  gave  him 
a  certificate,  written  with  charcoal  on  a  piece  of  newspaper, 
to  that  effect.  Little  Hancock,  highly  elated,  carried  this  to  the 
Colonel,  who  laughed  and  forwarded  him  to  the  Brigade  Sur 
geon.  The  consequence  of  the  joke  was,  he  got  off  with  a  long 
furlough.  Here,  also,  Colonel  L.  B.  Williams,  who  had  been 
badly  wounded  and  left  a  prisoner  at  Williamsburg,  joined  the 
regiment  and  took  command,  but  we  lost  our  Major,  W.  H. 
Palmer,  who  was  transferred  to  A.  P.  Hill's  command,  as  Chief 
of  Staff. 

October  3ist  we  left  our  camp  near  Winchester,  passed  through 
Front  Royal,  crossing  the  Blue  Ridge  Mountains,  and  after  three 
days'  hard  marching,  arrived  at  Culpeper  Courthouse  November 
2d,  where  we  went  into  camp. 


32  WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST    VIRGINIA. 

About  the  ist  of  December,  we  left  Culpeper  Courthouse,  and 
after  several  days'  marching  over  muddy  roads,  arrived  in  the 
vicinity  of  Fredericksburg. 

On  the  loth  of  December  the  enemy  crossed  the  river  on  pon 
toons  below  Fredericksburg,  and  we  were  placed  in  the  line  of 
works,  holding  a  position  about  the  centre  of  our  line.  While 
here  old  Major  Dooley,  and  his  friend  John  Mitchell,  paid  us  a 
visit  and  took  a  look  at  the  situation. 

On  the  1 3th  we  were  placed  in  rear  as  reserve  on  a  high  hill 
overlooking  the  river  and  valley  below,  on  which  the  battle  was 
in  full  progress.  It  was  a  magnificent  sight  to  see  those  lines  in 
blue  advance  to  the  attack  only  to  be  driven  back  in  confusion, 
and  hear  the  music  of  the  wild  Confederate  yell.  But  our  stay 
was  of  short  duration.  Orders  came  for  the  brigade  to  support 
the  troops  in  front  of  Marye's  Hill  on  our  left,  but  these  men 
managed  to  sustain  themselves,  though  sorely  pressed. 

On  our  way  from  the  works  General  Kemper  addressed  the 
regiment  in  the  following  words:  "Men  of  the  First  Virginia 
regiment — you  who  have  on  so  many  hard  fought  fields  gained  the 
name  of  the  '  Bloody  First ' — to-day  your  country  calls  on  you 
again  to  stand  between  her  and  her  enemy,  and  I  know  you  will 
do  your  duty." 

The  men  responded  with  one  of  those  yells  that  could  be 
heard  for  miles. 

We  relieved  the  troops  about  4  P.  M.  While  in  reserve  the 
regiment  lost  three  men  wounded:  Sergeant  W.  H.  Dean  and 
Privates  W.  L.  Spraggins,  of  Company  G,  and  John  Moriarty, 
of  Company  C.  The  regiment  was  then  posted  in"  the  sunken 
road  below  and  in  front  of  Marye's  Hill,  for  which  a  hot  contest 
had  raged  all  day.  The  enemy's  dead  and  wounded  lay  in 
heaps  in  our  front;  some  within  ten  feet,  and  the  groaning  and 
praying  of  the  wourded  men  was  fearful  to  hear.  The  horrors  of 
this  night  were  still  more  vividly  brought  before  us  by  the  appear 
ance  of  an  Aurora  Borealis,  or  northern  light,  which  for  a  time 
illuminated  the  heavens  and  exposed  to  our  view  the  suffering 
wounded  lying  in  front  of  us.  The  musketry  firing  was  kept  up  at 
intervals  during  the  night,  rendering  it  well  nigh  impracticable  for 
either  side  to  help  them.  Some  of  our  men,  however,  did  get 
some  shoes  from  the  dead,  which  was  excusable,  as  we  were 
badly  shod.  Several  of  the  enemy's  officers  and  men  came  into 
our  lines,  and  were  dispatched  to  the  rear.  They  mistook  their 


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way,  which  was  natural  enough  during-  the  night.  In  the  morn 
ing  the  enemy  made  another  attempt  to  charge  this  position,  but 
soon  abandoned  the  task  as  useless,  and  the  balance  of  the  day 
was  spent  in  skirmish  firing.  At  night  the  enemy  recrossed  the 
river,  and  the  morning  of  the  i5th  found  nothing  for  us  to  do  but 
to  go  back  to  our  camp. 

On  the  25th  we  moved  camp  to  within  two  miles  of  Guinea's 
Station,  where  we  erected  our  winter  quarters  and  made  our 
selves  comfortable.  An  occasion  to  be  remembered  was  the 
Christmas  dinner  furnished  us  by  the  ladies  of  Richmond. 
During  this  time  several  big  snow-ball  battles  took  place,  in 
some  of  which  there  were  over  20,000  men  engaged. 

February  I3th,  1863,  left  camp  and  marched  to  line  of  works 
above  Fredericksburg.  Worked  one  day  to  strengthen  the  line 
near  the  Rappahannock  river.  The  next  day  were  ordered  to 
follow  the  brigade  on  its  way  to  Richmond,  and  overtook  them 
at  Hanover  Junction.  After  two  days  of  miserable  marching,  on 
account  of  the  bad  weather  and  roads,  halted  a  few  hours  to  rest 
at  Hanover  Junction;  then  set  off  in  a  tremendous  snow  storm 
towards  Richmond.  Camped  that  night  near  the  head  of  the 
Richmond  and  County  road.  The  next  day  we  passed  through 
Richmond  and  camped  near  Manchester,  on  the  Richmond  and 
Petersburg  Turnpike,  and  on  the  following  day  reached  Chester 
Station,  where  we  camped  until  March  ist.  While  here  we  had 
a  big  snow-ball  battle  with  Jenkins's  South  Carolina  brigade. 

On  March  ist  we  marched  to  Petersburg,  passing  through  that 
city,  and  halted  to  camp  near  Prince  George  Courthouse,  and 
commenced  regular  camp  duty,  drilling,  &c.  On  the  i5th  the 
regiment  was  sent  to  Fort  Powhatan.  Marched  seventeen  miles 
and  camped  for  the  night ;  resumed  the  march  next  morning  and 
arrived  at  the  fort  at  10  A.  M.,  where  we  remained  strengthening 
the  works  until  the  igth.  A  fearful  snow  storm  set  in,  on  account 
of  which  work  was  suspended.  That  evening  received  orders  to 
return  to  camp ;  marched  five  miles,  and  halted  for  the  night  in  a 
deserted  farm  house.  On  the  2Oth,  at  daybreak,  resumed  march, 
and  reached  camp  at  i  P.  M.  The  snow  was  eighteen  inches 
deep.  At  3  P.  M.  struck  tents,  and  marched  to  Petersburg  and 
quartered  in  a  large  warehouse  during  that  night. 

March  2 ist,  at  10  A.  M.,  took  the  cars  for  Goldsboro',   N.  C. 


34  WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE    OLD    FIRST    VIRGINIA. 

Arrived  there  on  the  night  of  220!,  and  camped  near  that  town 
until  the  next  day,  when  the  cars  took  us  to  Kinston,  where  we 
arrived  that  evening  and  went  into  camp  south  of  the  Neuse 
river,  resuming  drilling  and  other  camp  duty.  29th.  Started  on 
a  scout  with  Seventh  Virginia  regiment,  under  command  of 
Colonel  Williams,  towards  Newberne;  marching  and  counter 
marching  for  two  days  through  the  swamps,  and  returned  to 
camp  after  a  slight  skirmish  near  Tuscarora,  on  the  railroad. 

April  4th,  received  marching  orders.  Recrossed  the  Neuse 
river  and  camped  at  the  depot  in  Kinston,  waiting  for  transpor 
tation.  Took  the  cars  early  on  the  5th,  passing  Goldsboro'  and 
Weldon.  We  halted  at  Franklin  Station,  on  the  Blackwater 
river,  where  we  went  into  regular  camp  until  the  nth,  when  we 
commenced  our  march  under  Longstreet  to  Suffolk,  near  which 
place  we  arrived  on  the  I3th;  formed  in  line  of  battle  and  en 
trenched  ourselves,  doing  picket  duty.  Remained  here  until  the 
3d  of  May,  when  at  3  P.  M.  we  started  on  a  retrograde  move 
ment  for  Blackwater  river,  marching  all  night ;  crossed  the  river 
at  South  Quay  at  10  A.  M.  on  the  next  day,  being  a  march  of 
thirty-two  miles,  which  nearly  broke  the  men  down.  The  full 
moon  was  shining  brightly  during  the  night's  march,  and  the 
road  on  which  we  were  marching  ran  nearly  all  the  way  through 
swamps,  filled  with  the  biggest  kind  of  frogs,  who  appeared  to 
have  gotten  up  a  special  concert  for  us.  The  noise  they  suc 
ceeded  in  producing  was  simply  immense,  but  far  from  agreeable 
to  us  as  we  wearily  passed  along. 

Rested  here  till  the  morning  of  the  5th,  when  we  reached  Jeru 
salem,  after  marching  twelve  miles.  Made  seventeen  miles  on  the 
6th,  and  camped  at  Littleton  for  the  night.  On  the  yth  made 
twenty-two  miles,  and  were  placed  on  picket  duty  during  the- 
night,  expecting  a  cavalry  attack.  On  the  8th,  made  within  six 
miles  of  Petersburg,  and  halted  for  the  night. 

On  the  Qth  we  passed  through  Petersburg  and  halted  for  the 
night  on  Dunlop's  farm.  The  next  day  we  reached  Falling 
Creek,  near  Chester  Station,  and  camped  there  a  few  days. 
Then  started  again,  marched  through  Richmond  and  halted  at 
Taylorsville  the  following  day,  where  we  went  into  camp. 

On  June  3d  started  again — towards  Tappahannock  this  time; 
made  twenty-one  miles  and  halted  for  the  night  in  Caroline 


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county.  On  the  next  day  marched  seventeen  miles  and  camped 
in  King  &  Queen  county.  On  the  5th  passed  through  Newtown 
and  halted  that  night  half  a  mile  beyond  that  village. 

In  passing  through  Newtown — this  being  the  whole  of  Pickett's 
division — we  heard  some  of  the  country  people  exclaim,  "I  never 
knew  there  were  so  many  men  in  the  world!"  On  the  follow 
ing  day,  no  enemy  appearing,  we  were  ordered  back  to  camp, 
which  we  reached  on  the  night  of  the  yth.  The  next  day,  the 
8th,  we  started  again;  leaving  Taylorsville,  marched  through  Car 
oline,  Spotsylvania  and  Orange  counties  (passing  near  Orange 
Courthouse),  we  arrived  at  Culpeper  Courthouse,  where  we 
remained  three  days.  I4th.  Ordered  to  prepare  for  light  march 
ing  order,  and  three  days'  rations  were  issued.  Started  in  the 
direction  of  Winchester,  passed  through  Culpeper,  and  camped 
for  the  night  near  our  old  camp  ground,  two  miles  west  of  the 
town.  1 5th.  Made  eighteen  miles,  and  halted  at  Games'  Cross 
Roads.  i6th.  Passed  Markham  Station  and  halted  at  Paris  for 
two  days ;  then  marched  via  Upperville,  over  the  Blue  Ridge 
Mountains,  through  Snickersville  Gap  to  Snickersville. 

On  the  2Oth  we  crossed  the  Shenandoah  river  at  Snicker's 
Ferry.  The  stream  was  very  rapid  and  the  water  reached  up  to 
our  armpits.  Camped  at  night  near  Berryville,  Clarke  county. 
Clothing  was  issued  to  the  men  while  here.  Camped  here  until 
the  23d,  when  we  passed  through  Berryville  and  reached  Darks- 
ville.  24th.  Passed  Martinsburg  .and  reached  Williamsport,  Ma 
ryland,  at  which  point  we  had  to  ford  the  Potomac  River,  and 
halted  for  the  night.  On  the  25th  halted  one  mile  beyond  the 
town.  26th.  Resumed  march,  passed  through  Hagerstown,  Mid- 
dletown,  Marion,  up  the  Cumberland  Valley  and  bivouaced  at 
Greencastle,  Pennsylvania.  27th.  Passed  through  Greencastle 
and  Chambersburg,  and  halted  to  camp  three  miles  beyond  the 
last  named  town,  on  the  York  Road.  Rested  here  one  day.  At 
4  A.  M.  on  the  29th,  marched  back  through  Chambersburg  and 
halted  in  a  large  barn  about  a  mile  south  of  the  town,  on  the 
road  to  Greencastle,  where  we  did  picket  duty. 

Chambersburg  had  the  appearance  of  a  deserted  village  on  a 
wet  Sunday.  All  the  liquor  had  been  placed  in  the  court-house, 
and  was  under  guard.  The  few  people  we  saw  had  no  great 
friendship  to  bestow  on  us  "  Rebels,"  but  the  farmers  outside 


36  WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE    OLD    FIRST    VIRGINIA. 

the  town  took  things  more  pleasantly,  and  we  got  along  very 
agreeably  with  them. 

On  the  morning  of  the  2d  July,  our  division  (Pickett's)  started, 
at  2  o'clock,  on  the  Gettysburg  Road.  We  pushed  on  as  fast  as 
possible,  crossing  the  South  Mountain,  and  made  about  twenty- 
three  miles  by  2  o'clock  P.  M  ,  when  we  halted  about  three  miles 
from  Gettysburg.  The  battle  was  in  full  progress  when  we 
arrived,  and  the  men  were  all  anxious  to  go  in,  but  word  came 
we  were  not  needed  then.  A  little  before  daybreak  the  morning 
of  the  3d,  we  moved  to  the  right  and  were  placed  in  line  of 
battle  in  rear  of  Cemetery  Ridge. 

About  i  o'clock  P.  M.  our  artillery  commenced  the  "ball,"  the 
whole  line  firing  at  once.  A  few  minutes  elapsed,  and  the  fiery 
messengers  of  the  enemy  made  their  appearance  in  return. 
Thunder  answered  thunder,  and  the  very  ground  appeared  to 
tremble.  Three  hundred  cannon  were  doing  their  best  to  match 
the  very  elements  of  heaven.  Fifteen  men  of  my  company  ("  D  ") 
were  now  detailed  as  skirmishers  and  crawled  to  the  top  of  the 
hill;  meanwhile,  the  shells  fell  thickly  in  the  line  of  battle,  and 
the  regiment  suffered  severely.  After  the  artillery  duel  had  lasted 
about  two  hours  we  were  ordered  to  charge.  The  line  of  skir 
mishers  advanced,  and  the  line  of  battle  followed  about  200  yards 
in  the  rear.  In  front  of  the  enemy's  position  was  a  deep  ravine, 
through  which  our  line  could  not  well  charge;  they  had,  there 
fore,  to  go  to  the  left,  and  "left  oblique,"  was  the  command 
given  to  the  main  line,  while  the  skirmishers  advanced  to  the 
edge  of  the  ravine.  All  during  this  time  the  line  was  ex 
posed  to  a  terrible  fire,  but  the  line  would  close  up  as  the  men 
fell.  Forward  we  swept  on  until  the  first  line  was  taken.  The 
guns  are  ours,  over  500  prisoners  are  taken  ;  but  the  fire  does  not 
slacken,  and  our  men  are  getting  fewer  and  fewer.  The  rein 
forcement  has  not  dared  to  enter  this  death-trap,  and  "  Pickett's 
Division,"  or  all  that  was  left  of  it,  being  about  one  tenth,  slowly 
retires  to  the  point  from  whence  it  issued,  "  to  do  or  die."  The 
skirmishers  were  also  preparing  to  retire,  when  Wilcox's  brigade 
(which  had  remained  in  reserve  up  to  this  time  near  the  place 
from  where  we  started)  came  rushing  down  among  our  skirmish 
line.  Being,  however,  unable  to  accomplish  anything,  and  sub 
jected  to  the  enemy's  fire,  now  concentrated  on  them,  they  soon 


WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  37 

retired,  mingling  with  our  skirmishers,  and  the  awful  list  of 
casualties  was  still  further  increased  by  this  movement.  Thir 
teen  colors  are  lying  among  the  dead  and  dying,  ours  among 
them.  The  color  guard  is  dead  and  the  color  sergeant  has  lost 
his  arm ;  our  Colonel  lay  dying  on  the  field ;  twenty-three  men 
are  killed  from  the  regiment,  and  nearly  100  more  are  left  on  the 
field  wounded  and  missing.  The  regiment  lost  about  120  men 
out  of  about  1 60  who  went  into  that  charge. 

The  accompanying  list  of  the  casualties  is  nearly  correct  : 

Field  and  Staff.— Killed  :  Colonel  L.  B.  Williams.  Wounded  : 
Major  F.  H.  Langley ;  Sergeant-Major  J.  R.  Polack ;  Color-Ser 
geant  William  M.  Lawson.* 

Company  B. — Killed:  Private  Fendal  Franklin.  Wounded: 
Captain  T.  H.  Davis;*  Lieutenant  J.  A.  Payne;  Corporal  W.  J. 
Carter  ;*  Privates  George  R.  Heath,*  James  Stagg,*  Joseph  Dan 
iel,*  H.  L.  Speckard,  R.  H.  Street,  W.  J.  Mallory.* 

Company  C. — Killed :  Captain  James  Holloran.  Wounded  : 
Lieutenant  John  E.  Dooley.* 

Company  £>.— Killed  :  Privates  Willie  Mitchell,  D.  S.  Edwards, 
M.  J.  Wingfield,  J.  W.  Freeman.  Wounded:  Captain  G.  F. 
Norton ;  Lieutenants  E.  P.  Reeve,  W.  H.  Keiningham,*  and  A. 
Blair  ;  Sergeant  J.  M.  Finn  ;*  Corporal  G.  E.  Craig ;  Privates  J. 

B.  Angle,  W.  J.  Armstrong,  J.  F.  Wheeley,  G.  W.  Johnson,*  J. 

C.  Keiningham,*  T.  S.  Morton,*  E.  Priddy,  S.  L.  Wingfield,  L. 
R.  Wingfield,*  C.  M.  Sublett.     Prisoners  :  Sergeant  J.  H.  Kepler ; 
Private  N.  W.  Bowe. 

Company  G. — Killed :  Private  William  F.  Miller.  Wounded : 
Captain  E.  Morris  ;  Lieutenant  W.  T.  Woody  ;  Sergeant  Thomas 
W.  Hay:*  Corporal  John  Allen;  Privates  Thomas  H.  Durham,* 
James  Farrar,  H.  C.  Fergusson,*  C.  W.  Gentry,  B.  H.  Hord,* 
W.  T.  Kendrick,  C.  A.  Redford,  T.  S.  Rogers,  A.  Jeff  Vaughan, 
Robert  R.  Walthall.  Prisoners:  Sergeant  George  W.  Ball;  Pri 
vates  B.  F.  Ashby,  A.  Haskins. 

Company  H.— Killed:  Sergeant  C.  P.  Hansford ;  Corporal 
Richard  Chaddick ;  Privates  W.  J.  Vaughan,  Flowers,  Nuckols, 
St.  Clair,  J.  W.  Paine,  M.  Brestrahan,  W.  S.  Waddell.  Wounded  : 
Captain  A.  J.  Watkins;  Lieutenants  E.  W.  Martin,  P.  C.  Cabell; 
Sergeants  T.  R.  Martin,  R.  H.  Norvell ;  Privates  W.  B.  Mosby,* 

*  Wounded  left  in  enemy's  hands — 34. 


38  WAR   HISTORY    OF    THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

J.  H.  Daniel,  W.  H.  Denerson,*  W.  H.  Anderson,*  Sol.  Banks,* 
R.  E.  Dignum,*  F.  Parson,*  E.  Fizer,*  W.  R.  Kilby,*  Thomas 
Mauring,  J.  J.  Sinnott,*  F.  Smith,  W.  C.  Hite.*  Prisoners:  Pri 
vates  Mat.  Lloyd,  Robert  Lloyd. 

Company  L — Killed :  Lieutenant  W.  A.  Caho ;  Corporal  L. 
O.  Eliett;  Privates  E.  J.  Griffin,  Edwin  Taliaferro,  H.  McLaugh- 
lan.  Wounded :  Sergeant  W.  F.  Terry  ;  Corporals  C.  L.  Parker,* 
J.  T.  Ayres,*  T.  E.  Traylor ;  Privates  R.  O.  Meredith,*  G.  W. 
Shumaker,*  S.  S.  Neal,*  C.  A.  Wills,*  C.  H.  Chappell.  Pris 
oners :  Sergeants  John  T.  Crew,  E.  C.  Goodson,  W.  T.  White; 
Privates  S.  Clarke,  W.  C.  Taliaferro. 

Killed,  22;  wounded,  71;  prisoners,  12. 

After  the  battle  the  survivors  of  Pickett' s  men,  about  300,  were 
gathered  near  the  place  from  where  they  set  out  to  make  the 
deadly  charge.  General  Pickett  came  riding  among  them,  and 
one  long  fellow  from  the  Twenty-fourth  Virginia  regiment 
(Charlie  Belcher  by  name)  who  had  one  of  the  two  colors  left  to 
the  division,  called  out  to  General  Pickett :  "  General,  let  us  go  it 
again."  Just  about  this  time  General  Kemper  was  carried  by 
badly  wounded — mortally,  we  thought — and  General  Pickett 
could  not  restrain  his  tears.  All  at  once  General  Lee  and  staff 
rode  up,  and  taking  General  Pickett  by  the  hand,  General  Lee 
remarked  (I  heard  these  words  myself):  "General,  your  men 
have  done  all  that  men  could  do,  the  fault  is  entirely  my  own." 
The  men  were  told  they  might  go  to  their  wagon  train,  where 
most  of  them  spent  the  night.  The  next  morning  when  the  reg 
iment  was  called  together  it  mustered  about  twenty-five  men, 
under  command  of  Captain  B.  F.  Howard,  Company  I.  Sergeant- 
Major  J.  R.  Polack,  who  had  his  left  arm  in  a  sling  and  his  some 
what  prominent  nose  damaged  from  the  attention  of  the  enemy 
on  the  previous  day,  procured  a  set  of  colors  and  commenced  to 
waive  them;  but  the  boys,  not  seeing  any  fun  in  the  movement, 
told  him  they  declined  to  play  color  guard,  and  induced  him  to 
cease  his  demonstrations. 

These  colors  had  belonged  to  Holcombe's  Legion,  and  were 
abandoned  by  them  when  they  were  retreating  through  our  ad 
vancing  ranks  at  the  second  battle  of  Manassas. 

*  Wounded  left  in  enemy's  hands — 34.     • 


WAR    HISTORY   OF    THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  39 

We  were  now  informed  that  Pickett's  division  was  detailed  as 
Provost  Guard.  Shortly  afterwards  about  4,000  prisoners  were 
turned  over  to  us,  and  in  the  evening  we  marched  with  them  to 
Fairfield,  where  we  halted  for  the  night. 

On  the  5th  we  started  early  in  the  morning  and  entered  the 
mountains.  In  the  evening,  firing  could  be  heard  in  our  rear, 
and  as  night  drew  near  there  was  also  the  reports  of  musketry  in 
our  front.  The  prisoners  appeared  to  be  overjoyed,  feeling  cer 
tain  that  they  would  be  set  free,  and  our  whole  army  would  be 
captured;  but  the  musketry  in  our  front  proved  to  be  not  the 
enemy,  but  our  own  men  resting  in  the  woods,  cleaning  their 
guns  and  shooting  the  old  charges  off.  We  also  rested  here  on 
the  mountain-top,  near  the  Maryland  line,  till  2  A.  M.  on  the 
yth,  when  we  started  again,  marching  all  that  night,  which  was 
somewhat  enlivened  by  the  happy  voice  of  "Bill"  Deane,  of 
Company  G,  whose  gay  tunes  were  thankfully  accepted  by 
friend  and  foe.  The  prisoners  suffered  very  much  for  want  of 
food.  We  did  all  that  was  in  our  power  to  relieve  them,  but 
there  was  not  much  to  be  had  in  the  eating  line  until  we  reached 
Williamsport,  which  we  did  about  I  o'clock  P.  M.  on  the  8th. 
While  passing  Hagerstown  that  morning,  several  hundred  more 
prisoners  were  added  to  the  overcrowded  ranks.  These  had 
been  captured  near  Hagerstown  from  the  enemy's  cavalry  on  the 
previous  day  in  an  unsuccessful  charge  on  our  wagon  train,  at 
that  point.  On  the  gth,  the  prisoners  were  turned  over  to  Gen 
eral  Imboden's  command.  On  the  nth,  the  brigade  re-crossed 
the  Potomac,  and  was  placed  on  picket  duty  south  of  the  river 
guarding  the  roads.  Remained  there  till  the  I3th,  when  the 
division  crossed  the  Potomac,  which  we  rejoined  on  the  march 
to  Martinsburg  at  4  P.  M.  Marched  under  a  heavy  rain  storm 
in  total  darkness  until  2  A.  M.  on  the  i4th,  passing  through 
Martinsburg  and  halted  in  an  open  field  one  mile  south  of 
the  town  soaking  wet,  and  without  fire  to  dry  ourselves.  At  6 
P.  M.  moved  near  the  woods,  and  soon  had  large  fires  going. 

1 5th. — Marched  to  Bunker  Hill,  seven  miles,  and  remained 
there  until  the  igth,  when  we  started  again  and  camped  at  Smith- 
field  for  the  night. 

20th. — Left  at  daybreak,  passed  through  Berry  ville  and  halted 
to  camp  near  Millwood  late  that  evening.  At  night  the  brigade 
was  placed  on  outpost  duty  at  Berry's  Ferry.  On  the  next  morn- 


40  WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

ing,  at  4  A.  M.,  we  were  relieved  and  marched  for  Front  Royal. 
Arrived  at  the  Shenandoah  river  that  evening,  and  forded  it.  The 
water  being  very  swift  and  strong,  we  had  hard  work  to  get  across. 
Passed  Front  Royal  and  camped  for  the  night  on  the  summit 
of  the  Blue  Ridge,  at  Chester  Gap,  then  partially  in  possession  of 
the  enemy's  cavalry,  but  Corse's  brigade  had  succeeded  just 
in  time  in  dislodging  them  the  previous  day  by  a  sharp  skirmish 
from  taking  possession  of  the  main  gap.  On  the  22d  the  brigade 
took  position  in  line  on  the  left ;  drove  the  enemy  from  the  road, 
advanced  down  the  mountain,  scoured  the  country  for  several 
miles,  driving  the  enemy  from  the  road;  resumed  march  for  Cul- 
peper,  marching  all  that  night  knee  deep  in  mud;  reached  Gaines's 
Cross-Roads  early  on  the  23d,  and  rested  for  the  day.  24th. 
Marched  towards  Culpeper  Courthouse,  which  we  reached  on  the 
25th,  and  camped  near  it  until  August  3d,  when  we  marched  to 
the  Rapidan  river  and  halted  near  Mountain  Run  that  night, 
where  we  went  into  regular  camp,  resuming  drill,  &c.  By  the 
return  of  the  wounded,  paroled  prisoners,  and  recruits  our  regi 
ment  now  numbered  about  150  men. 

By  the  death  of  Colonel  L.  B.  Williams,  who  fell  at  Gettys 
burg,  Major  F.  H.  Langley  was  promoted  to  Lieutenant-Colonel, 
and  Captain  George  F.  Norton  was  made  Major.  There  was  no 
further  change  of  regimental  officers  during  the  war. 

September  Qth.  Brigade  was  ordered  to  Richmond.  Marched 
by  the  way  of  Louisa  Courthouse,  over  the  Mountain  Road  to 
Richmond;  thence  to  Chaffin's  farm,  where  we  arrived  on  the 
1 3th.  Here  we  halted  in  the  winter  quarters  put  up  by  General 
Wise's  men,  until  the  25th,  when  we  marched  back  to  Richmond 
and  took  the  cars  of  the  Richmond,  Fredericksburg  and  Poto 
mac  Railroad  for  Taylorsville,  where  we  arrived  about  the  mid 
dle  of  the  night.  Here  we  built  our  log  cabins  and  went  into 
winter  quarters,  guarding  the  roads  and  bridges  in  the  neighbor 
hood.  While  here  received  overcoats  and  supply  of  clothing, 
donated  by  the  City  Council  of  Richmond.  Here  we  spent  a 
very  pleasant  time,  as  going  to  Richmond,  or  giving  a  grand  ball 
at  Ashland,  only  a  few  miles  off,  was  a  frequent  occurrence. 

January  8th,  1864.  Received  marching  orders,  embarked  on 
cars  and  halted  at  Richmond  at  2  o'clock  on  the  following 
morning,  and  marched  over  the  deserted  streets  covered  with 
snow,  to  the  Petersburg  depot,  where  the  brigade  took  the  cars 


WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  41 

for  Petersburg,  at  which  place  we  halted,  near  the  reservoir,  to 
cook  rations,  after  which  we  marched  to  the  depot  and  took  the 
cars  for  Weldon,  North  Carolina,  where  we  arrived  on  the  next 
morning.  Remained  here  two  days  awaiting  transportation, 
then  took  the  cars  and  halted  at  Goldsboro',  where  we  went  into 
camp  two  miles  west  of  the  town,  near  the  railroad,  until  the 
29th,  when  we  were  sent  to  Kinston  to  join  Pickett's  expedition. 

On  the  30th  of  January  commenced  the  march  to  Newberne ; 
halted  six  miles  from  Trenton  that  nigh-t,  crossed  the  Trent  river 
the  next  day,  passing  through  swamps  most  of  the  way,  and 
camped  within  ten  miles  of  Newberne  for  the  night.  The  next 
day,  February  ist,  we  arrived  within  three  miles  of  Newberne, 
in  front  of  the  enemy's  lines,  where  we  halted  in  line  of  battle  on 
the  south  side  of  the  Trent  river.  Our  force  consisted  of  our 
(Terry's)  brigade  and  Barton's  brigade.  Our  company  was 
detailed  for  picket  duty,  and  posted  on  the  bank  of  the  river, 
after  a  night's  march  through  the  tall  broom-straw,  without 
knowing  where  we  were  going  or  what  was  in  our  front.  The 
next  day,  in  the  evening,  after  kindling  fires  on  the  whole  line, 
we  fell  back,  marching  all  night  over  roads  badly  cut  up  and  very 
swampy.  Halted  near  the  crossing  of  the  Trent  river,  and 
arrived  again  at  Kinston  on  the  following  day. 

The  force  engaged  under  Pickett  succeeded  in  capturing  about 
500  prisoners  and  a  section  of  artillery,  which  was  turned  over 
to  the  Fayette  Artillery.  Among  the  prisoners  were  many  North 
Carolina  deserters,  several  of  whom  were  afterwards  hung,  by 
General  Pickett's  orders,  at  Kinston. 

On  the  5th  we  marched  to  Goldsboro',  which  we  reached  on 
the  yth,  and  went  into  camp  near  that  town.  On  the  i8th  a 
man  from  the  yth  Virginia  was  shot  for  deserting.  It  was  a 
solemn  occasion,  the  first  that  ever  took  place  in  our  brigade. 
The  brigade  was  drawn  up  on  three  sides  of  a  square ;  facing 
on  the  fourth  side  was  the  doomed  man,  pinioned,  blindfolded 
and  bound  to  a  stake.  In  the  centre  stood  the  firing  party,  a 
detail  of  two  men  from  each  company  of  the  regiment  to  which 
the  deserter  belonged,  in  two  ranks  and  about  twenty  or  thirty 
feet  from  the  command.  Half  the  muskets  only  were  loaded  with 
ball  cartridge,  so  that  no  one  who  fired  knew  who  fired  the  fatal 
shots.  The  band  played  a  dead  march,  the  chaplain  spoke  a 
few  final  words  with  the  condemned,  stepped  aside,  and  at  the 


42  WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST    VIRGINIA. 

command  the  fire  was  delivered.  The  unfortunate  man  was 
riddled  by  half  a  dozen  bullets;  when  the  smoke  cleared  away 
he  was  hanging  a  helpless  mass  on  the  stake. 

On  the  2Oth  we  started  again  for  Kinston,  where  we  arrived 
on  the  22d,  and  halted  to  camp  on  the  north  of  the  town,  on  the 
Washington  farm.  On  the  28th  moved  camp  to  the  south  side 
of  Neuse  river.  On  the  4th  of  March  we  took  the  cars  for 
Wilmington,  North  Carolina;  passing  Goldsboro',  arrived  at 
Wilmington  the  evening  of  the  next  day. 

On  the  6th  the  brigade  marched  through  the  sandy  streets  of 
Wilmington  for  the  wharf,  where  we  embarked  on  board  of  an 
English  steamer  (a  blockade  runner),  which  carried  us  to  Smith- 
ville,  a  town  located  at  the  mouth  of  the  Cape  Fear  river,  and 
went  into  camp  about  a  mile  south  of  the  town.  On  the  lyth  the 
brigade  was  inspected  by  General  Herbert,  who  commanded 
the  post.  Our  camp  being  close  to  the  ocean  shore,  we  could 
watch  the  enemy's  war  ships  as  they  pursued  our  blockade  run 
ners,  sometimes  coming  within  reach  of  our  batteries,  which 
would  open  on  them.  During  one  of  these  engagements  one  of 
the  enemy's  steamers  was  sunk  by  a  shell  from  a  Whitworth  gun. 
We  lived  mostly  on  oysters  and  crabs,  and  most  of  us  would  have 
been  satisfied  to  remain  at  this  point  for  the  rest  of  the  war. 
While  here  the  Twenty-fourth  regiment  having,  it  was  said,  become 
too  fond  of  the  farmers'  pigs,  was  sent  to  Fort  Caswell  to  rein 
force  the  garrison  there,  where  it  remained  until  the  brigade  re 
turned  from  the  "seaside  resort."  It  was  this  regiment  that  pre 
vented  the  capture  of  one  of  our  blockade  runners,  which  had 
run  aground  near  Fort  Caswell,  by  taking  possession  of  the 
steamer  and  supporting  the  gun  which  drove  the  enemy's 
fleet  off. 

On  March  24th  our  stay  ended  here ;  marched  to  the  town  and 
got  on  the  steamer  "Cape  Fear,"  which  took  us,  after  a  night's 
run,  back  to  Wilmington,  where  we  found  two  inches  of  snow  on 
the  ground;  thence  by  rail  to  Goldsboro',  which  we  reached  the 
same  day,  and  halted  at  our  old  camp  till  April  ist,  when  we 
started  on  the  march  for  Tarboro',  which  we  reached  alter  a  three 
days'  march.  Crossed  the  Tar  river  and  camped  one  and  a  half 
miles  on  the  eastern  bank  of  that  river.  On  the  i5th  General 
Hoke  took  command  of  the  force,  which  consisted  of  our  (Terry's), 
Ransom's  and  Hoke's  brigades,  Thirty  eighth  Virginia  battalion 


WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  43 

of  artillery,  and  Dearing's  cavalry,  and  we  started  for  Ply 
mouth.  Arrived  in  front  of  that  town  after  two  and  a  half  days' 
marching.  On  the  evening  of  the  iyth  deployed  as  skirmishers  in 
front  of  Fort  Gray,  the  left  of  the  line  resting  on  the  river.  In  the 
evening  our  artillery  and  skirmish  line  opened  on  a  passing  gun 
boat,  which  was  badly  damaged.  A  detachment  of  our  regiment 
took  position  on  the  river  at  an  old  frame  house,  which  its  occu 
pants  had  apparently  just  left.  During  the  night  the  house  was 
found  to  contain  eggs,  butter,  flour,  and  other  good  things,  and 
our  men  went  to  work  to  have  a  feast,  lighting  the  fires  and 
making  a  big  light.  The  window  facing  our  artillery  was  pretty 
soon  saluted  by  our  shells,  the  house  being  taken  for  one  of  the 
enemy's  gun-boats.  On  sending  word  to  our  guns  the  fire  ceased, 
happily  without  injury  to  any  one,  and  the  men  completed  their 
cooking  operations.  The  next  morning  this  house  became  a 
regular  target  for  the  guns  at  Fort  Gray,  and  after  a  few  shots 
the  house  was  totally  ruined  and  one  of  our  company  (Delaware 
McMinn)  was  killed,  and  several  wounded,  after  which  the  rest 
of  us  made  our  way  back  to  the  regiment. 

On  the  next  day,  in  the  evening,  we  were  sent  around  to  the 
right,  marching  about  six  miles,  and  halted  in  front  of  Fort 
Wessells,  located  one  thousand  yards  from  the  town,  and  com 
manding  the  main  road.  Arriving  after  dark,  we  were  placed 
in  position  to  support  Hoke's  brigade,  which  commenced  an 
unsuccessful  charge  on  the  fort,  the  defences  of  the  fort  being 
of  such  nature  that  it  was  impossible  for  the  men  to  get  in  it. 
The  enemy  used  hand  grenades,  together  with  the  firing,  to 
which  the  gunboats  added  with  their  big  shells,  making  streaks 
of  fire  through  the  air,  produced  a  beautiful  illumination  to  view. 
Hoke's  brigade  being  withdrawn,  our  brigade  was  deployed  in 
a  skirmish  line  encircling  the  fort;  after  which,  General  Dearing 
placed  the  Fayette  Artillery  in  position  close  to  the  stubborn  fort, 
and  the  artillery  boys  did  their  duty  well.  Their  shells  completely 
raked  the  whole  top  of  the  fort  off,  and  the  garrison  was  glad  to 
surrender  after  being  subjected  to  this  terrible  fire  for  about  half 
an  hour.  During  all  this  time  the  huge  shells  of  the  gunboats  were 
flying  about  us ;  one  of  the  caissons  of  the  Fayette  Artillery  was 
blown  up,  but  the  brigade  came  out  without  loss.  The  igth  was 
passed  in  reserve,  skirmishing  going  on  in  our  front,  by  which 
one  of  our  men  was  killed.  During  that  night  our  iron-clad 


44  WAR    HISTORY   OF   THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

ram,  Albemarle,  arrived,  and  passing  the  forts,  cleaned  out  the 
enemy's  gunboats,  sinking  several,  after  which  it  turned  its  atten 
tion  to  the  enemy  in  town.  Early  this  morning  our  regiment 
was  deployed  as  skirmishers  in  front  of  Fort  Williams.  Ran 
som's  brigade  succeeded  in  getting  into  town  on  the  right  of  our 
line,  and  driving  the  enemy  through  the  town,  forced  them  to 
surrender  to  Hokes's  men,  which  held  the  position  on  the  left. 
Fort  Williams,  the  centre  of  the  defences,  held  out  a  little  longer, 
but  the  contest  soon  became  hopeless,  the  enemy's  flag  went 
down  and  the  town  was  ours.  About  10  A.  M.  we  entered  the 
town,  stacked  arms  and  helped  ourselves  to  the  good  things 
stored  therein,  it  being  the  depot  for  the  enemy's  supplies 
for  the  eastern  part  of  North  Carolina,  who  had  no  idea  of  our 
intended  visit.  We  supplied  ourselves  with  new  rifled  muskets, 
blankets  and  general  outfit.  Twenty-five  cannons,  several  hundred 
horses  and  wagons,  and  a  large  supply  of  commissary  stores 
were  captured,  also  about  sixteen  hundred  prisoners,  consisting  of 
the  Eighty  fifth  New  York,  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-third  Penn 
sylvania,  Sixteenth  Connecticut,  a  negro  regiment,  and  a  bat 
talion  of  artillery,  all  under  command  of  General  Wessell,  who 
was  also  captured. 

It  was  quite  amusing  to  see  our  men  turning  their  war-bags  (as 
they  called  the  haversacks)  inside  out,  dropping  the  old  corn 
dodgers  and  pieces  of  rancid  bacon  in  the  streets,  to  make  room 
for  cakes,  preserves,  pies  and  things,  and  going  through  the  houses 
so  lately  occupied  by  the  enemy's  officers  and  families,  but  now 
all  deserted,  breaking  the  large  mirrors  to  get  a  piece  of  looking- 
glass,  pulling  the  strings  out  of  elegant  pianos  to  hang  the  cups 
on,  and  generally  helping  themselves  to  things  that  were  useful 
or  useless  to  them. 

Our  losses  in  the  regiment  during  the  three  days  were: 
Killed  — Privates  Delaware  McMinn,  of  Company  D,  and  M. 
Consadine,  of  Company  C.  Wounded — Lieutenant  J.  A.  Payne, 
Company  B ;  Privates  T.  J.  Robertson,  Company  D ;  Wilson  B. 
Joseph  and  J.  Belcher,  of  Company  H. 

At  night  went  into  camp  about  a  mile  and  a  half  south  of  the 
town. 

On  the  24th  detailed  to  do  guard  duty  in  Plymouth.  25th. 
Rejoined  the  brigade  and  marched  to  Jamesville.  On  the  26th 
arrived  near  Washington,  North  Carolina.  The  next  morning 


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took  position  in  line  of  battle  to  attack  the  works.  While  here 
Lieutenant  A.  Blair,  from  our  company,  shot  himself  accidentally 
with  a  pistol,  seriously  wounding  himself  in  the  leg;  no  fight, 
however,  took  place,  the  enemy  having  left  on  our  approach. 
The  Third  Virginia  regiment  was  left  here  to  garrison  the  forts, 
and  only  joined  the  brigade  again  in  the  following  June.  28th. 
Reached  Toronto  creek,  and  the  next  day  arrived  at  Green 
ville,  where  we  halted  until  May  2d.  Commenced  the  march 
for  Newberne,  passed  through  Greenville  and  moved  southeast 
twenty- three  miles.  3d.  Crossed  the  Neuse  river  on  pontoons 
twelve  miles  below  Kinston  and  camped  at  night  on  the  banks 
of  the  Trent  river  near  Pollocksville.  The  next  day  crossed 
the  Trent  river  on  pontoons,  passed  through  Pollocksville  and 
arrived  before  Newberne. 

On  the  5th  formed  line  of  battle  on  Colonel  Hill's  farm.  In 
the  evening  the  regiment  was  thrown  out  as  skirmishers,  under 
Major  Norton,  and  halted,  where  we  had  a  good  view  of  the 
town;  remained  on  picket  duty  near  the  river  till  the  night  of 
the  6th.  Preparations  were  in  full  progress  to  make  a  general 
attack  on  the  works,  and  already  one  of  the  forts,  with  sixty 
prisoners,  were  in  our  hands,  when  orders  came  to  return  to 
Kinston. 

Our  company  being  on  picket,  brought  up  the  rear.  Late  in 
the  evening,  commenced  the  march,  which  lasted  most  all 
night,  going  through  water  and  mud ;  it  being  pitch  dark, 
the  men  kept  shooting  their  guns  off  to  see  the  way.  Recrossed 
the  Trent  river  and  halted  near  Pollocksville.  yth.  Marched 
about  sixteen  miles  and.  halted  near  the  Neuse  river,  about 
twelve  miles  from  Kinston,  where  we  crossed  on  the  3d.  The 
8th,  reached  Kinston  and  halted  near  the  bridge  until  the  next 
day,  when  we  took  the  cars,  passed  Goldsboro',  and  traveling  all 
night  reached  Jarratt's  Station  during  the  morning  of  the  loth  ; 
found  the  bridge  destroyed,  it  having  been  burned  by  the 
enemy  on  the  8th  instant;  had  to  march  eleven  miles  to  Stony 
creek,  where  we  again  took  the  cars,  which  landed  us  in  Peters 
burg. 

On  our  march  through  the  city,  we  halted  to  receive  a  kind 
welcome  by  the  ladies  of  Petersburg,  who  fed  us  on  the  best 
they  could  bring  together;  their  treat  was  thankfully  received. 


46  WAR    HISTORY   OF   THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

Our  brigade  coming  at  this  time  to  Petersburg,  when  Butler, 
with  30,000  men,  was  knocking  at  its  gates,  and  the  defenders 
too  few  for  resistance,  caused  a  feeling  of  general  relief  among 
the  people.  After  a  short  halt  we  stopped  for  the  night  south  of 
the  town. 

On  the  nth  we  left  our  position  near  Swift  creek,  and  after 
passing  a  large  force  of  the  enemy  we  formed  in  line  of  battle 
near  Port  Walthall  Junction.  On  the  I2th,  marched  to  Half- Way 
house  on  the  turnpike,  and  halted  there  in  close  column.  Formed 
line  of  battle  during  a  heavy  shower  of  rain.  In  the  evening, 
moved  to  the  outer  line  of  works  near  the  railroad,  and  later  at 
night  marched  to  Drewry's  Bluff,  from  which  we  moved  to  the 
Broad  Rock  race  course,  near  Manchester,  where  we  halted  in 
line  of  breastworks  expecting  the  enemy ;  this,  however,  turned 
out  to  be  a  false  alarm,  caused  by  the  Militia  cavalry  from  Rich 
mond,  who  mistook  for  the  enemy  some  men  from  our  company 
who  were  on  a  scout.  Halted  here  till  12  o'clock  on  the  i4th, 
when  we  started  for  the  front.  Took  position  near  Rice's  Station, 
between  the  railroad  and  the  turnpike,  in  breastworks.  Fighting 
was  going  on  on  our  left,  where  the  enemy  made  several  unsuc 
cessful  attacks  on  our  works.  On  the  i5th,  at  7  P.  M.,  we  moved 
close  to  Drewry's  Bluff,  and  halted  in  a  piece  of  woods  on  the 
left  of  the  Stage  road. 

About  daybreak  the  column  was  in  motion.  Moving  on  the 
old  Stage  road  (the  extreme  left  of  our  line)  we  crossed  Kings- 
land's  creek  and  formed  in  line  of  battle  in  a  narrow  valley, 
shrouded  in  mist  so  dense  that  the  eye  could  not  pierce  it,  and  we 
were  only  aware  that  it  was  filled  witty  our  friends  preparing  for 
the  desperate  struggle  ahead  by  the  clear  and  distinct  words  of 
commands  from  invisible  officers  marshalling  an  invisible  host. 
The  column  was  formed  as  follows:  Gracie's  Alabama  brigade  in 
front,  our  (Terry's  or  Kemper's)  next,  and  Barton  in  the  rear, 
Major  Boggs's  battery  on  the  right.  The  position  of  the  enemy 
was  of  great  natural  advantage,  commanding  an  open  field  in 
front  of  several  hundred  yards  in  extent,  strengthened  by  breast 
works.  Now  the  line  was  formed,  and  General  Gracie's  voice 
rang  out,  "  Forward,"  and  his  men  went  ahead.  Soon  the  scat 
tering  shots  told  of  the  skirmishers  being  busy,  and  then  followed 
the  charge,  and  the  musketry  mingled  with  the  reports  of  Boggs's 


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artillery ;  but  when  the  Alabama  brigade  reached  the  front  of  the 
enemy's  works  they  came  to  a  halt  in  a  creek  or  swamp.  Our 
brigade  had  slowly  been  following  them,  the  regiments  moving  in 
the  following  order:  On  the  right  was  the  Twenty-fourth,  next 
the  Eleventh,  then  ours  (the  First),  and  on  the  left  was  the  Sev 
enth.  Gracie  being  unable  to  carry  the  works  before  him,  called 
for  support  on  Colonel  R.  L.  Maury,  of  the  Twenty-fourth,  and 
that  regiment  came  gallantly  to  his  assistance ;  next  the  Eleventh 
went  in,  and  then  came  our  turn.  We  struck  the  point  where  the 
Stage  road  crosses  the  works,  and  passed  without  opposition. 
Marching  about  100  yards  down  the  road,  we  turned  to  the  right 
towards  the  firing,  and  found  ourselves  in  rear  of  the  enemy's 
line.  Coming  across  where  their  coffee  was  temptingly  boiling, 
we  stopped  and  helped  ourselves  to  a  good  cup  of  coffee,  which 
was  a  rare  treat.  After  leaving  the  coffee-pots  we  struck  a  line  of 
men  on  our  right,  who,  after  some  talk,  surrendered  without 
firing,  being  completely  taken  by  surprise.  Meanwhile,  the  left 
of  our  regiment  drew  the  attention  of  the  enemy  further  to  their 
front  and  lower  down,  who  called  out,  "What  regiment  is  that?" 
On  receiving  the  answer,  "the  First  Virginia,"  they  turned  on  us 
with  a  volley  at  close  range,  which  killed  eight  of  our  men.  We 
then  charged  down  among  them,  and  those  we  found  surrendered. 
The  Seventh  Virginia,  which  was  ordered  in  after  us,  followed  us, 
making  a  still  greater  curve  around  the  enemy's  rear,  and  came 
in  on  our  left.  General  Heckman,  who  commanded  the  enemy's 
line-at  this  point,  rode  up  to  them  calling  out,  "Come  on,  boys; 
we  are  driving  them  back,"  mistaking  them  for  his  reinforcements. 
He  was  ordered  to  surrender;  which  he  did,  giving  his  sword  to 
Colonel  C.  C.  Floweree,  of  that  regiment  Meanwhile,  the 
Twenty-fourth  and  Eleventh  Virginia  regiments,  which  made  the 
attack  in  front,  had  crossed,  and  assisted  in  the  capture  and  defeat 
of  the  enemy.  Barton's  brigade,  which  then  came  up,  was  sent 
to  the  right,  where  the  struggle  was  quite  severe,  especially  with 
Corse's  brigade  whose  loss  was  very  heavy. 

The  loss  by  Heckman's  brigade,  consisting  of  the  Ninth  New 
Jersey,  Twenty-third,  Twenty- fifth  and  Twenty-seventh  Massa 
chusetts  regiments  alone,  is  stated  by  them  as  forty-two  killed, 
188  wounded,  and  458  missing — together,  688.  Our  loss  was  also 
very  heavy.  The  regiment  lost  ten  killed  and  about  twenty 
wounded. 


48  WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

The  loss  of  our  brigade,  including  the  engagements  until  the 
2oth,  are  put  down  at  321,  which  includes  a  few  missing,  viz : 

KILLED.  WOUNDED. 

First  Virginia,                                                             12  25 

Seventh  Virginia,                                                            2  37 

Eleventh  Virginia,                                                      15  94 

Twenty-fourth  Virginia,                                             28  108 


57  264 

Our  victory  would  have  been  complete  if  General  Whiting, 
who  had  charge  of  the  army  at  Petersburg,  had  but  done  his 
duty.  By  his  failure  to  cooperate,  we  lost  the  opportunity  to 
capture  Butler's  whole  army,  but  the  practical  result  was  to  re 
lieve  Richmond  and  Petersburg  from  imminent  danger,  and  cause 
the  enemy  to  retire  to  his  base  near  Bermuda  Hundreds. 

The  casualties  of  the  regiment  consisted  of  the  following : 

Company  B. — Killed :  Corporals  W.  A.  Stoaber  and  Jerry 
Toomey;  Private  William  H.  Crigger.  Wounded:  Private 
William  A.  Mallory. 

Company  C. — Killed  :  Private  Samuel  Gillispie. 

Company  D. — Killed  :  Private  Archie  Govan.  Wounded  : 
Sergeant  G.  E.  Craig ;  Private  W.  W.  Turner.  Prisoner : 
Private  N.  F.  Wheat. 

Company  G  —Killed :  Private  Robert  R.  Walthall.  Wounded : 
Captain  Eldridge  Morris.  Prisoner :  Private  A.  Jeff.  Vaughan. 

Company  H. — Killed:  Sergeant  John  W.  Wynne;  Corporal 
J.  A.  Via.  Wounded:  Lieutenant  W.  E.  Martin;  Corporal  R. 
N.  Dunn ;  Private Morgan. 

Company  I. — Killed :  Privates  A.  Figner  and  C.  A.  Wills. 
Wounded :  Sergeant  W.  F.  Terry ;  Privates  R.  A.  Ashby,  M. 
Hodges,  and  W.  P.  Smith. 

Killed,  ten;  wounded,  eleven;  captured,  two. 

Those  captured  were  carrying  off  prisoners,  and  mistook  the 
road,  instead  of  going  to  our  rear,  they  went  to  the  front. 

After  the  battle  we  formed  a  line  partly  in  the  captured  works 
and  partly  in  new  works  erected  by  us,  sending  out  our  skirmish 
ers  well  to  the  front,  we  halted  here  undisturbed  the  rest  of  the 
day  and  the  following  night.  The  next  morning  we  followed  the 


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enemy  towards  the  Hewlett  House  and  camped  for  the  night  at  the 
Friends  House.  On  the  i8th  we  were  placed  in  a  fort  at  the  Hew 
lett  House,  which  was  to  be  built  so  as  to  command  the  river  at 
that  point.  Two  or  three  parties  who  were  detailed  for  this  pur 
pose  had  been  driven  away  by  the  enemy's  gun-boats,  when  our 
regiment  and  the  Seventh  Virginia  were  called  on  for  this  duty. 
The  parties  which  preceded  us  had  gone  to  the  point  under  cover 
of  darkness,  but  we  moved  to  occupy  it  in  the  light  of  day  and 
in  full  view  of  the  gunboats,  which  opened  a  terrific  fire  as  we 
crossed  an  open  field.  It  was,  however,  not  effective,  as  we  rushed 
to  the  position  in  open  order,  every  man  on  his  own  hook.  The 
enemy  then  ranged  their  gunboats  in  position  and  concentrated 
on  us  their  fire  for  about  eleven  hours.  Every  species  of  missile 
was  hurled  against  us  from  eleven  gunboats,  while  we  were 
unable  to  respond  with  a  single  shot.  When  we  arrived  in  po 
sition  the  lines  for  the  fort  were  nearly  marked  out.  We  laid 
aside  our  arms,  "spades  being  trumps,"  and  in  a  short  time  had 
thrown  out  earth  enough  to  afford  us  considerable  protection. 
The  enemy  used  some  very  heavy  ordnance,  which  frequently 
buried  the  men  so  deep  under  the  earth  thrown  in  our  trench  by 
the  explosions,  as  to  render  it  difficult  for  the  mass  of  tired  men 
to  rise  out  of  it;  but  we  held  our  position  in  spite  of  the  enemy's 
utmost  efforts  to  dislodge  us.  Our  losses  were  two  killed  and 
several  wounded  from  the  regiment.  Our  loss  was  not  as  heavy 
as  in  many  other  actions  in  which  we  were  engaged,  but  it  was  a 
trying  time,  peculiarly  so,  that  we  had  to  remain  passive  during 
all  that  time.  Darkness  came  and  we  left  that  awful  pit  looking 
like  a  set  of  miners  returning  from  the  bowels  of  the  earth. 
Our  casualties  were  as  follows  : 

Killed:  Private).  R.  Wesley;  Corporal  A.  A.  Chappell,  Com 
pany  I.  Wounded  (most  of  them  stunned  by  concussion) : 
Private  E.  Priddy,  Company  D ;  Sergeant  R.  E.  Armstrong, 
Lieutenant  P.  C.  Cabell,  Company  H ;  Captain  B.  F.  Howard, 
Privates  E.  G.  Loving,  G.  W.  Bowler,  A.  T.  Minor,  Company  I. 

The  following-  day  we  took  position  in  line  near  the  Clay 
House,  and  in  the  evening  marched  towards  Richmond,  which  we 
reached  on  dawn  of  the  2Oth ;  marched  through  the  streets,  each 
regiment  of  the  brigade  bearing  one  of  the  captured  flags  taken 


50  WAR    HISTORY   OF   THE   OLD   FIRST    VIRGINIA. 

at  Drewry's  Bluff.  In  the  evening  a  part  of  the  brigade,  including 
a  portion  of  our  regiment,  got  on  board  of  a  train  and  were  sent 
to  Millford  Station,  where  we  arrived  late  that  evening  and  halted 
in  the  town  for  the  night.  About  10  o'clock  on  the  following  day 
the  enemy's  cavalry,  Torbert's  division,  the  advance  guard  of 
Grant's  army,  appeared  in  sight,  and  we  thinking  them  on  a  raid, 
prepared  to  give  them  a  warm  reception.  The  part  of  our  regi 
ment  present,  about  sixty  men,  were  distributed  in  and  around 
the  buildings.  Major  George  F.  Norton,  the  only  field  officer 
present,  took  command,  and  J.  R.  Pollock,  our  Sergeant  Major, 
acted  as  Assistant  Adjutant-General  of  all  the  forces.  I 
being  the  only  non-commissioned  officer  from  my  company 
present,  had  charge  of  the  company,  consisting  of  ten  men,  and 
posted  them  in  a  blacksmith  shop.  The  enemy  noticing  us, 
halted  a  while,  and  then  came  charging  down  among  us,  but  only 
to  be  sent  back  from  where  he  started.  This  was  repeated  sev 
eral  times,  when  they  gave  it  up,  having  lost  several  of  their  men 
and  horses.  They  then  dismounted,  and  being  largely  reinforced, 
opened  fire  on  us  from  their  rifles  and  a  battery  they  brought  in 
position.  Major  Norton  now  sent  the  Eleventh  Virginia  forward 
over  the  open  field  to  charge,  and  they  succeeded  in  driving  the 
enemy  some  distance,  but  as  the  enemy's  force  grew  larger  and 
their  lines  swept  around  us  from  river  to  river,  we  were  ordered 
to  retire,  which  we  did,  with  some  loss,  principally  among  the 
men  of  the  Eleventh,  its  loss  being  about  sixty,  mostly  captured. 
This  action,  as  we  afterwards  discovered,  was  the  cause  of  delaying 
the  whole  of  Grant's  army,  and  it  was  the  advance  of  the  great 
Northern  host  moving  by  the  left  flank  from  Spotsylvania  we 
had  struck.  The  delay  gave  General  Lee  time  to  reach  Hanover 
Junction  first  and  select  his  line.  Major  Norton  and  his  men 
were  highly  complimented  by  General  Lee  for  the  valuable  ser 
vice  rendered  by  this  action.  After  the  fight  we  fell  back  in  the 
direction  of  Spotsylvania  Courthouse  about  eight  miles,  when  we 
halted  to  rest. 

The  northern  writers  state  that  we  were  driven  from  rifle  pits 
and  entrenchments ;  this  is  an  error.  We  had  no  protection  but 
the  buildings,  and  there  were  no  more  entrenchments  there  then 
than  may  be  found  to-day ;  but  our  resistance  may  well  have 
made  them  believe  that  they  were  charging  fortifications. 

During  the  night  a  part  of  Lee's  army  passed  us  coming  from 


WAR    HISTORY   OF   THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  51 

Spotsylvania  Courthouse.  In  the  morning  we  fell  in  with  the 
rear  guard  and  marched  to  Hanover  Junction,  where  we  were 
welcomed  by  the  rest  of  our  brigade.  On  the  23d,  marched  to 
Andersonville  during  the  night,  and  threw  up  a  line  of  works 
during  the  following  day  in  rear  of  A.  P.  Hill's  corps  with 
shelling  in  our  front.  Halted  here  till  the  2;th,  when  we  left 
at  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  and  made  seventeen  miles,  during  an 
all  day  rain,  and  camped  near  Atlee's  Station.  In  the  even 
ing  of  the  following  day  we  passed  the  station  and  marched 
about  twelve  miles  towards  Hanovertown,  and  camped  about 
three  miles  north  of  Mechanicsville.  On  the  evening  of  the 
3Oth  we  marched  for  the  line  of  entrenchments  near  Cold  Har 
bor,  and  at  night  the  regiment  was  sent  into  the  woods  in 
front  of  our  lines  to  feel  the  enemy's  position.  It  was  so  dark 
that  our  line  became  mixed  up  with  that  of  the  enemy's,  and  a 
scene  of  confusion  ensued,  the  men  not  knowing  friend  from  foe. 
When  we  got  out  of  the  woods  we  noticed  several  Federals  in  our 
ranks,  which  we  claimed  as  prisoners ;  they  got  there  by  mistak 
ing  our  line  for  theirs.  We  met  with  no  loss,  and  returned  to  the 
works.  On  the  evening  of  the  3ist  we  moved  two  miles  to  the 
right.  The  next  day  (June  ist)  there  was  heavy  fighting  to  our 
right ;  also  on  the  2d,  when  General  Early  had  a  fight  in  our 
front,  driving  the  enemy  some  distance  ;  the  3d,  more  skirmishing 
in  front,  and  heavy  fighting  on  the  right — expected  an  attack  ; 
5th,  more  fighting  in  Kershaw's  and  Hoke's  front  on  the  right. 
On  the  yth  General  Early 's  command  drove  in  the  enemy's 
skirmish  line,  taking  about  100  prisoners  in  our  front.  Our  line 
of  pickets  then  advanced  beyond  that  held  by  the  enemy  prior 
to  the  fight.  This  was  a  great  relief  to  our  main  line,  which  had 
been  subjected  to  the  fire  of  the  enemy's  sharpshooters.  The 
pickets  continued  their  firing,  and  there  was  plenty  of  target  ex 
ercise  ;  but  these  targets  would  shoot  back,  and  there  was  usually 
a  very  lively  time  on  the  picket  line.  Being  on  that  duty  one  day 
I  counted  no  less  than  twelve  bullets  which  struck  the  top  log  of 
my  pit.  One  bullet  happened  to  strike  just  as  I  was  about  to 
shoot,  and  the  splinters  of  wood  from  the  log  it  hit  gave  me  a 
black  eye  for  weeks  after.  Private  H.  C.  Bowe,  of  Company  D, 
was  also  wounded  here.  On  the  i2th  we  were  subjected  to  an  enfi 
lading  fire  of  artillery.  The  next  morning  (the  i3th)  we  found  the 
enemy  had  left  our  front  and  were  moving  towards  the  river.  At 
8  A.  M.  we  started,  marching  in  a  parallel  line  with  the  enemy, 


52  WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

passing  over  the  old  battle  ground  of  Gaines's  Mill ;  crossed  the 
Chickahominy  river  over  McClellan's  bridge,  near  Seven  Pines, 
and  halted  near  the  battlefield  of  Frazier's  Farm.  On  the  I5th, 
marched  up  the  Darbytown  road,  and  after  a  short  march  camped 
for  the  night.  On  the  next  morning  (the  i6th)  we  started  at  day 
break;  marched  to  Chaffin's  Bluff  and  crossed  the  James  river  on 
a  pontoon  bridge.  Passing  over  the  battleground  of  Drewry's 
Bluff  we  got  on  the  Petersburg  turnpike,  and  nearly  reached  Port 
Walthall  Junction.  When  quietly  marching  along,  the  head  of 
the  column  was  suddenly  fired  into  by  the  enemy,  who  had  pos 
session  of  the  road.  We  (Pickett's  division)  were  then  formed 
in  line  of  battle  on  the  turnpike,  and  sending  out  our  skirmishers 
commenced  to  drive  the  enemy,  and  at  night  succeeded  in  regain 
ing  our  first  line  of  works,  which  had  been  vacated  that  morning 
by  our  troops  having  been  called  off  to  meet  Grant's  army  at 
Petersburg,  leaving  only  one  cavalry  regiment,  which  was  unable 
to' hold  the  enemy  in  check.  The  next  day  commenced  with 
heavy  skirmish  firing.  One  of  our  men  (Nobles,  of  Company 
C),  had  the  canteens  of  water  he  was  carrying  shot  through,  and 
mistaking  the  water  running  down  his  unmentionables  for  blood 
cried  out  for  the  ambulance  to  carry  him  off,  which  resulted  in  a 
good  laugh  on  finding  out  how  he  was  shot.  About  4  o'clock 
P.  M.  we  commenced  a  charge  along  the  whole  line,  we  charging 
near  the  Clay  house,  and  the  whole  of  our  outer  line  was  recov 
ered  ;  not,  however,  without  some  loss.  The  regiment's  loss  in 
wounded  was  as  follows  : 

Corporal  G.  L.  Meenley,  Privates  Thomas  W.  Taylor,  E. 
Priddy,  Company  D ;  Private  G.  E.  Redford,  Company  H  ;  Pri 
vates  J.  K.  Yancy  and  J.  H.  James,  Company  I. 

It  afterwards  appeared  that  General  Lee  did  not  intend  to  carry 
on  the  attack  to  such  an  extent,  and  he  had  sent  his  aides  to  stop 
the  charge,  but  he  was, well  satisfied  with  the  result.  He  wrote 
the  following  letter  to  General  Anderson  after  the  charge : 

"  General, — I  take  great  pleasure  in  presenting  to  you  my  congratula 
tion  upon  the  conduct  of  the  men  of  your  corps.  I  believe  that  they 
will  carry  anything  they  are  put  against.  We  tried  very  hard  to  stop 
Pickett's  men  from  capturing  the  breastworks  of  the  enemy,  but  couldn't 
do  it.  I  hope  his  loss  has  been  small. 

(Signed.)  R.  E.  LEE,  General. 

Official:  G.  M.  SORREL,  Lieutenant-Colonel, 

Acting  Adjutant-General. 
For  Major- General  G.  A.  Pickett,  Commanding  Division." 


WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  53 

After  taking  the  works,  there  was  some  heavy  skirmishing 
in  the  thick  woods  in  front  of  our  position  done  that  night,  and 
the  next  day.  During  the  morning  a  charge  was  made  by  our 
skirmish  line,  in  which  J.  C.  Keiningham  was  taken  prisoner. 

About  the  middle  of  the  day  we  moved  to  the  right.  On  the 
i gth  continued  the  movement  to  the  right,  and  halted  near  Swift 
Creek.  Same  evening  moved  back  to  our  position  occupied  in 
the  morning,  and  relieved  Davis's  brigade,  and  remained  here 
doing  picket  duty  and  fortifying  till  the  3Oth,  when  we  moved 
about  half  a  mile  to  the  right.  The  regiment,  during  this  time 
received  a  good  many  recruits ;  some  of  them  made  excellent 
soldiers,  but  many  were  of  no  use  at  all,  and  should  not  have 
been  sent  into  the  field.  Some  of  them  looked  like  they  had 
been  resurrected  from  the  grave,  after  laying  therein  for  twenty 
years  or  more. 

On  the  i6th  of  August  our  regiment,  together  with  the  Elev 
enth  and  Nineteenth,  under  the  command  of  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Langley,  from  our  regiment,  were  ordered  to  the  north  of  James 
river.  Crossed  at  Drewry's  Bluff  and  camped  near  Chaffin's 
farm  that  night.  The  next  day  moved  along  the  line  of  works, 
which  was  principally  held  by  the  Richmond  militia,  all  day. 
While  at  rest,  General  Lee  came  riding  up,  and  inquired  what 
troops  we  were,  and  upon  being  told  a  part  of  Pickett's  division, 
consisting  of  the  First,  Eleventh  and  Nineteenth  Virginia  regi 
ments,  he  said,  "All  right,  I  know  these  men,  and  they  will  do 
their  duty." 

Late  on  the  i8th  we  relieved  Wright's  brigade  at  Fussell's 
Mills,  where  part  of  us  worked  on  the  breastworks  and  the 
rest  stood  guard  all  night,  awaiting  an  attack  in  a  driving  rain. 
Early  the  next  morning  we  saw  the  enemy,  posted  right  in  our 
front  on  the  other  side  of  the  millpond,  and  opened  a  corres 
pondence  with  him ;  that  is,  we  told  them  not  to  fire,  as  they 
had  Pickett's  division  in  their  front,  to  which  they  cheerfully 
agreed.  One  of  them  was  heard  to  call :  "  Don't  you  want  to 
swap  the  New  York  Herald  for  the  Richmond  Examiner?" 
To  which  Pat  Woods,  from  our  side,  replied :  "And  have  the 
Herald  taken  back  to  New  York  and  let  him  print  the  truth  in 
it  and  we  will  swap  with  you ; "  which  was  greeted  with  laughter, 
in  which  the  Yanks  heartily  joined.  Pretty  soon  we  mingled 
together,  exchanging  papers,  tobacco  and  coffee,  and  not  a  shot 


54  WAR    HISTORY   OF   THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

was  fired  on  that  part  of  the  line,  to  the  great  astonishment  of  the 
militia,  which  were  halted  in  reserve.  On  the  following  morning 
we  found  the  enemy  gone  from  our  front,  and  we  commenced 
our  return  march  to  our  camp  near  Port  Walthall,  which  we 
reached  late  on  the  2oth. 

September  I4th,  moved  into  a  new  line  of  works  in  our  rear; 
strengthened  works  and  built  winter  quarters. 

On  the  1 8th  of  October,  one  of  the  Seventh  regiment  men  was 
shot  in  rear  of  our  company's  quarters  for  deserting.  After  the 
volley  was  fired,  it  was  found  all  of  the  six  balls  had  gone  through 
the  centre  of  his  breast  and  entered  the  stake  to  which  he  was 
tied,  cutting  it  half  in  two. 

November  28th.  On  this  morning  we  discovered  that  the 
enemy's  pickets  consisted  of  negro  troops.  We  had,  prior  to 
this  event,  been  on  the  most  friendly  terms  with  the  enemy's 
skirmishers.  Trading  for  coffee  and  exchanging  papers  were 
daily  occurrences,  but  this  morning,  seeing  the  black  faces  in 
our  front,  not  over  three  hundred  yards  off,  put  a  stop  to  peace 
and  harmony.  About  a  dozen  of  us  went  for  them.  Taking 
our  rifles,  and  without  firing  a  shot,  we  started  for  the  black  line 
with  a  yell,  and  when  they  saw  us  coming  there  was  a  stampede 
along  the  whole  line.  Dropping  their  guns,  blankets,  canteens 
and  almost  everything  that  was  not  on  their  backs,  they  did  not 
stop  running  until  they  reached  the  main  line.  We  gathered 
up  everything  that  was  useful  and  returned  without  a  scratch  to 
our  line. 

January  8th,  1865,  moved  to  the  extreme  left  of  the  line  near 
the  Hewlett  House.  On  the  22d  our  gun-boats  came  down  to  the 
Hewlett  House  battery,  after  passing  the  enemy's  forts,  and 
started  towards  City  Point.  In  the  attempt  to  pass  the  obstruc 
tions  in  our  front  all  except  one,  the  Fredericksburg,  ran  aground. 
She  succeeded  in  doing  considerable  damage  to  the  enemy's 
vessels.  During  that  night  a  heavy  demonstration  was  made 
by  our  troops,  and  the  next  day  the  enemy's  monitors  arrived 
and  opened  on  our  ironclads,  which  were  aground  in  the  river. 
A  small  wooden  gun- boat,  the  Drewry,  was  blown  up  by  them. 
The  firing  was  quite  lively,  the  forts  also,  on  both  sides,  taking  a 
hand  in  it.  About  the  middle  of  the  day  our  boats  succeeded, 
without  material  loss,  in  retiring  to  the  rear  of  Fort  Howlett,  and 
and  at  night  they  returned  towards  Richmond. 


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February  2oth,  the  regiment  met  and  passed  the  following  res 
olutions,  which  shows  the  spirit  of  the  men,  who  were  ready  to 
"do  and  die  for  their  country's  sake."  Lieutenant-Colonel  Lang- 
ley  acted  as  chairman,  and  Lieutenant  Jones  as  secretary  : 

At  a  meeting  of  the  officers  and  men  of  the  First  Virginia  infantry, 
Terry's  brigade,  Pickett's  division,  held  at  their  camp  near  the  Hewlett 
House  on  the  isth  of  February,  1865,  for  the  purpose  of  expressing  their 
sentiments  and  determination  to  devote  all  of  their  energy  to  the  prose 
cution  of  the  war,  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  to  the  humiliating  propositions  for  peace  made  by 
President  Lincoln  to  our  companions,  we  enter  our  indignant  protest ; 
that  while  we  would  be  rejoiced  to  stop  the  effusion  of  blood  and  the 
desolation  of  our  country,  we  will  assent  to  no  terms  short  of  indepen 
dence  and  separate  nationality. 

Resolved,  That  inasmuch  as  we  have  tendered  the  olive  branch  to  our 
foes,  which  they  have  trampled  in  the  dust,  no  alternative  is  left  us  but 
to  defend  our  homes,  our  property  and  lives,  as  long  as  the  foot  of  a 
vandal  pollutes  the  soil  of  the  South. 

Resolved,  That  while  recognizing  our  dependence  on  Almighty  God, 
who  defends  the  cause  of  the  just,  we  again  dedicate  ourselves  to  the 
cause.  Again  we  unfurl  a  banner  which  we  have  borne  from  Bull  Run 
to  Bermuda  Hundreds,  and  again  we  swear  to  "  die  freemen  rather  than 
slaves." 

Resolved,  That  we  hail  with  pleasure  the  appointment  of  R.  E.  Lee 
General-in-Chief;  that  we  have  an  abiding  confidence  in  his  judgment, 
patriotism  and  valor,  and  wherever  he  orders  we  will  go  with  joyful 
acclamation. 

Resolved,  That  the  people  at  home  be  exhorted  to  sustain  the  army, 
to  drive  back  the  skulker,  to  aid  in  feeding  and  clothing  the  soldiers,  to 
send  the  best  men  into  councils  of  the  nation,  that  energy  and  ability 
may  be  infused  into  the  different  departments,  State  and  Confederate. 

Resolved,  That  though  disaster  and  gloom  now  hovers  over  us,  we 
believe  all  things  will  be  so  ordered  in  the  coming  campaign,  that  our 
wrongs  will  be  avenged,  our  rights  secured,  and  those  who  now  claim 
us  as  slaves  will  own  us  as  victors. 

Resolved,  That  we  would  hail  with  acclamation  the  enrolment  into 
our  armies  of  Negro  troops;  we  therefore  recommend  to  our  repre 
sentatives  in  Congress  assembled,  to  use  their  endeavors  for  the  imme 
diate  accomplishment  of  that  end. 

February  24th,  moved  back  to  the  right  of  the  line  near  Swift 
Creek.  About  eighty  recruits  were  added  to  the  regiment,  who, 


56  WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

together  with  the  detailed  men  returned  to  their  respective  com 
panies  by  the  orders  of  General  Lee,  filled  some  of  the  gaps  in 
our  ranks.  The  detailed  men,  as  a  general  thing,  did  not  relish 
this  change  much. 

J.  R.  Steger,  a  member  of  Company  D,  who  met  with  this  fate, 
expressed  his  feelings  in  the  following  lines,  which  he  called 

"THE  BOMB-PROOF'S  LAMENT." 

With  all  my  heart,  I  hate  to  part, 

For  I'm  not  happy  to  be  free ; 
And  it  will  surely  break  my  heart 

To  send  me  back  to  Company  D. 

We  had  a  snug  detail  together; 

But  Uncle  Bob  has  clipped  our  wings, 
And  spring  will  be  but  gloomy  weather 

If  doomed  to  fight  old  Grant  in  spring. 

Farewell !  and  when  some  sickly  fellow 
Shall  claim  this  bomb-proof  I  resign, 

And  three  miles  in  the  rear  discover 
What  ease  and  safety  once  were  mine, 

I  think  I  should  be  sweetly  blest 

If  you  for  me  then  would  apply ; 
And  tell  the  General  and  the  rest 

He  suits  not  half  so  well  as  I. 

About  twenty-eight  of  the  recruits,  or  conscripts,  were  from 
Wythe  county.  They  formed  a  company  by  themselves,  as 
Company  K,  under  Lieutenant  W.  M.  Lawson,  who  had  lost  his 
arm  while  gallantly  carrying  the  colors  at  Gettysburg. 

Among  the  conscripts  was  a  Russian  named  Lesafki,  who  was 
remarkable  for  his  great  appetite.  He  could  never  get  enough 
to  eat,  though  he  would  eat  almost  anything,  ever  watching  around 
wherever  there  was  anything  to  be  had,  especially  at  General 
Terry's  quarters,  where  he  became  a  familiar  object  when  cooking 
time  arrived.  It  was  usual  for  several  of  the  men  in  each  com 
pany  to  form  a  mess,  and  in  drawing  rations  one  of  the  mess  would 
draw  the  rations  for  all.  Now,  poor  Lesafki  lived  by  and  for 
himself  alone,  and  in  drawing  rations  he  would  see  the  men  come 
up  and  draw  five,  six,  or  seven  rations  each,  and  he  would  only 
get  one.  Not  understanding  that  they  drew  the  rations  for  the 


WAR    HISTORY   OF   THE    OLD    FIRST    VIRGINIA.  57 

whole  mess,  made  him  think  that  he  was  unjustly  treated,  and  he 
used  to  complain  bitterly,  saying  (naming-  the  men):  A.  gets  five 
breads,  B.,  six  breads,  C,  five  breads,  and  naming  himself  last, 
Lesafki,  one.  A.,  five  meats,  B.,  six  meats,  C,  five  meats, 
Lesafki,  bone.  But  we  had  more  reasonable  grounds  for  com 
plaint  against  him.  Whenever  he  was  on  picket  duty  he  would 
blaze  away  at  every  man  who  would  attempt  to  pass  his  post, 
which  caused  the  men  to  be  somewhat  shy  of  him,  until  some 
one  had  the  happy  idea  of  silencing  his  gun  by  driving  a  tack  in 
the  nipple  and  breaking  it  off.  At  a  subsequent  skirmish  Lesafki 
was  seen  to  take  aim  and  pull  trigger.  Pop,  pop  went  the  caps, 
but  the  gun  was  no  go  ;  it  only  served  as  amusement  for  the  boys 
who  stood  watching  the  fun. 

With  the  exception  of  a  few  skirmishes  in  which  we  partici 
pated  (two  of  these  occurred  during-  the  night,  Sergeant  J.  Q. 
Figg  and  myself  receiving  slight  wounds),  we  had  a  quiet  time 
on  the  skirmish  line.  Drilling,  guard  and  picket  duty,  and 
working  on  the  fortifications,  were  our  principal  occupation. 

On  these  cold  mornings  could  be  heard  the  voice  of  our  Ser 
geant-Major,  A.  J.  Simpson,  "  Turn  out  here,  men,  for  shivering 
and  frizzing,"  which  was  meant  for  the  fatigue  detail  to  work  on 
the  chevaux  de  frise  in  front  of  the  works.  About  this  time  the 
men  had  learned  the  value  of  being  protected  by  the  shelter  of 
earthworks,  and  they  could  and  did  do  a  lot  of  that  work.  While 
around  Petersburg  and  in  full  view  of  our  camp,  the  shells  were 
chasing  each  other  through  the  air,  making  a  beautiful  but  some 
times  dangerous  display  for  the  participants.  At  night  the  sight 
was  a  brilliant  exhibition  of  fire- works. 

March  5th.  Our  (Pickett's)  division  was  relieved  by  Mahone's 
division,  and  put  into  the  field  for  active  duty.  The  commence 
ment  of  our  move  was  the  starting  point  of  new  troubles.  After 
halting  near  the  Petersburg  turnpike,  within  two  miles  of  Ches 
ter  Station,  a  cold  rain  came  down  and  continued  for  two  days. 

On  the  8th  General  Pickett  held  a  grand  review  of  his  di 
vision.  The  next  day  we  marched  to  Manchester,  and  the  fol 
lowing  day,  the  loth,  we  passed  through  Richmond  and  halted 
in  the  outer  line  of  works  near  the  Brook  road.  The  next 
morning  moved  along  the  line  of  works  to  the  Nine-Mile  road, 
and  the  following  day  returned  to  the  position  near  the  Brook 
road. 


58  WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 

On  the  I4th  we  started  about  12  o'clock,  and  marched  within 
four  miles  of  Ashland,  where  we  halted  in  line  of  battle.  Gen 
eral  Longstreet  was  in  command  of  the  force  of  which  our  di 
vision  was  the  main  part.  On  the  next  day  the  Fifteenth  Virginia 
regiment  had  a  sharp  skirmish  with  Sheridan's  cavalry  at  Ash 
land.  At  night  we  were  changing  our  position,  moving  about 
towards  the  right,  and  halting  every  once  in  awhile,  awaiting  an 
attack.  The  next  day  we  reached  the  Pamunkey  river,  and  built 
a  bridge,  but  our  pursuit  after  the  enemy's  cavalry  was  useless, 
as  they  had  disappeared  for  other  parts,  and  we  returned  to  the 
lines  near  the  Nine-Mile  road. 

On  the  23d  there  was  another  grand  review  of  Pickett's  divi 
sion  by  General  Longstreet. 

On  the  25th  we  marched  to  Richmond,  and  took  the  train  on 
the  Petersburg  road  for  Dunlop's  Station,  near  which  place  we 
camped  until  the  evening  of  the  29th,  when  we  were  ordered  to 
the  right  flank  of  Lee's  army.  Marched  to  the  Appomattox 
river,  which  we  crossed  on  the  pontoon  bridge  five  miles  above 
Petersburg.  Here  the  three  brigades,  Stewart's,  Corse's  and 
ours  (Terry's)  took  the  cars  for  Sutherland  Station,  on  the 
Southside  railroad,  but  ours  and  the  Seventh  regiment,  as  was 
our  usual  luck,  had  to  walk  most  of  the  way  that  night,  and  halted 
near  Sutherland's  Tavern,  on  the  Cox  road,  in  a  drizzling  rain. 
Before  daybreak  the  next  morning  we  were  again  on  the  march, 
and  crossing  Hatcher's  Run,  we  marched  to  the  extreme  right  of  the 
lines  near  Five  Forks,  where  our  regiment  and  the  Seventh  were 
thrown  out  to  drive  off  the  enemy's  cavalry,  who  were  occupying 
this  position.  This  we  did  in  a  handsome  style.  At  night  we 
were  placed  on  picket  duty  at  this  point.  On  the  morning  of  the 
3ist  we  moved  on  towards  the  right,  in  direction  of  Dinwiddie 
Courthouse.  Found  the  enemy  in  heavy  force  at  the  crossing  of 
Chamberlayne's  Creek,  engaged  with  Fitz.  Lee's  cavalry.  Our 
brigade,  the  Third  Virginia  regiment,  in  front,  effected  a  crossing 
somewhat  higher  up,  not,  however,  without  heavy  loss  to  that 
regiment,  the  men  having  to  wade  the  deep  creek,  on  the 
other  side  of  which  the  enemy  was  posted  behind  works.  We 
followed  in  pursuit  of  the  enemy,  who  made  several  stands,  and 
succeeded  in  driving  him  within  a  mile  of  Dinwiddie  Courthouse, 
where  we  came  to  a  halt  at  night.  Our  loss  was  slight.  During 
the  day  Sergeant  J.  P.  Perrin,  of  our  company,  was  shot  through 


WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA.  59 

the  head,  and  died  a  few  weeks  afterwards  from  the  effects  of  his 
wounds,  and  Private  J.  R.  Atkinson,  of  Company  G,  was  wounded. 

General  Pickett  learning  that  a  heavy  infantry  force  was  coming 
to  the  support  of  Sheridan's  cavalry,  which  we  had  been  fighting, 
we  were  ordered  to  return.  Started  about  2  o'clock  on  the  fol 
lowing  morning.  April  ist,  reached  Five  Forks,  where  we  were 
placed  in  line  of  battle ;  throwing  up  some  breastworks,  just  get 
ting  ready  to  fix  up  something  to  eat,  when  we  were  attacked  by 
the  enemy's  cavalry  in  front.  The  first  notice  of  the  enemy's 
appearance  was  given  by  some  of  our  skirmishers  running  in, 
who  reported  the  enemy  had  gobbled  up  nearly  the  whole  of 
Company  "C,"  which  company  was  on  the  skirmish  line  at  the 
time.  Lieutenant  R.  McC.  Jones,  who  had  charge  of  them,  had 
just  returned  with  a  request  that  the  line  be  reformed,  it  having 
been  placed  in  an  exposed  position,  and  thereby  escaped  cap 
ture.  After  finishing  our  skirmish  line  the  cavalry  charged  our 
main  line ;  but  here  they  met  with  a  bloody  repulse.  Crenshaw's 
battery,  Pegram's  battalion,  which  was  posted  just  at  the  crossing 
of  the  roads,  did  effective  work.  Thus  the  enemy's  cavalry  was 
forced  to  keep  a  respectful  distance. 

Meanwhile,  Warren's  corps  of  infantry  had  succeeded  in  break 
ing  our  lines  between  our  position  and  Petersburg,  and  gotten  in  our 
rear  and  on  our  left  flank.  Our  brigade  was  then  withdrawn  from 
the  line  and  made  to  face  the  enemy's  infantry.  Charging  them 
with  a  yell,  which  could  be  heard  for  miles,  we  succeeded  in  driving 
them  some  distance,  but  our  ranks  were  too  thin  to  stand  the 
heavy  masses  of  the  enemy's  lines,  and  we  were  obliged  to  retire. 
Our  loss  was  mostly  in  prisoners;  about  eighty- five  men  were 
captured,  one  man  was  killed  (J.  Wade,  of  Company  H),  and  a 
few  wounded  from  the  regiment. 

PRISONERS. 

Field  and  Staff. — Assistant  Surgeon  Dr.  Sargent. 

Company  B. — Sergeant).  L.  Littlepage;  Corporal  W.  J.  Car 
ter. 

Company  C. — Corporal  R.  C.  Price  (wounded)  ;  Privates  W. 
H.  Brock,  J.  Bell,  James  Corcoran,  Thomas  Collins,  H.  W.  Col 
lins,  W.  G.  Collins ;  Corporal  L.  Carrol ;  Privates  Willis  Clarke, 


60  WAR    HISTORY    OF    THE    OLD    FIRST    VIRGINIA. 

W.  H.  Crenshaw,  M.  H.  Gary,  J.  D.  Clarke,  James  Edwards,  J. 
M.  Gravely,  J.  H.  Goulden,  W.  P.  Ingram,  Ab.  Jones,  J.  W. 
Johnson,  Otto  Lesafki,  P.  McCauley,  James  •  McCrossen,  B.  J 
McCary,  E.  R.  Maiden,  W.  D.  Miles,  Thomas  Murphy,  M.  Nolan, 
B.  R.  Nobles,  F.  R.  Noel,  G.  W.  Pollard,  A.  E.  Powell,  J.  E. 
Scammel,  G.  R.  Self,  T.  A.  Thorp,  A.  Truman,  James  Thomas, 
J.  W.  Tillman,  N.  J.  Williams,  E.  L.  White,  H.  L.  Williams. 

Company  D. — Sergeants  J.  H.  Kepler,  C.  T.  Loehr;  Privates 
W.  J.  Armstrong,  J.  N.  Andrews,  H.  C.  Bowe,  J.  G.  Braton,  J. 
Draper,  J.  T.  Farmer,  D.  R.  Foushee,  P.  P.  Fuqua,  B.  K.  Gar- 
ratt,  J.  Harris,  W.  P.  Mahone,  C.  L.  Nelson,  A.  Moss,  C.  M.  Sub- 
lett,  C.  Wheeley,  S.  L.  Wingfield. 

Company  G. — Sergeants  Geo.  W.  Ball,  Wm.  H.  Dean,  Thos. 
W.  Hay;  Privates  Ed.  C.  Gary  (wounded),  W.  A.  Wood. 

Company  H. — Lieutenant  P.  C.  Cabell ;  Sergeant  Thomas  S. 
Riddick  ;  Privates  John  Lawson  (wounded),  N.  Bernstein,  W.  H. 
Duerson,  G.  A.  Nolting,  J.  J.  Sinnott. 

Company  L — Sergeant  John  T.  Crew,  W.  T.  White  (wounded) ; 
Privates  J.  L.  Ashworth,  C.  H.  Chappell,  Harvey  Hodges,  J.  C. 
Head. 

This  list  is  not  complete,  but  contains  only  such  names  as  the 
writer  has  been  able  to  obtain  by  information. 

The  majority  of  the  prisoners  were  sent  to  Point  Lookout,  I 
among  this  lot,  where  they  arrived  on  the  5th  after  a  wearisome 
march  of  over  sixty  miles  to  City  Point,  and  thence  by  boat.  What 
we  here  suffered  cannot  be  described.  When  we  landed  we  were 
stripped  of  our  overcoats,  blankets,  oil-cloths,  and  most  of  our  bag 
gage,  which  was  kicked  into  the  water  by  the  Federal  Sergeants 
who  searched  us,  for  the  reason  that  it  was  United  States  property, 
which  was  true  in  most  cases,  for  we  were  armed  and  clothed  by 
the  Federal  government,  by  the  battles  we  had  won.  After 
being  deprived  of  nearly  all  we  had  to  keep  us  warm,  we  were 
put  into  the  bull-pen,  as  it  was  called.  There  were  over  23,000 
prisoners  at  Point  Lookout  at  that  time,  and  this  number  was 
still  further  swelled  from  the  prisoners  captured  on  Lee's  retreat. 
The  water,  the  principal  substance  for  a  prisoner,  was  all  brackish, 
owing  to  the  land  being  only  a  few  feet  above  the  level  of  the 
bay,  and  the  food  was  wholly  insufficient.  There  was  little 


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or  no  medicine  for  the  sick.  Over  6,800  men  died  at  this 
prison.*  It  was  not  till  the  middle  of  June  that  the  United 
States  government  saw  fit  to  commence  to  release  us.  A  more 
miserable  looking  set  of  men  could  hardly  be  produced  on  an 
exhibition.  Some  of  the  men  were  sent  to  Newport  News,  and 
others  to  Hart  Island  and  other  prisons ;  the  officers  were  for 
warded  to  Johnson's  Island. 

As  to  the  rest  of  our  regiment,  they  who  were  forced  to  fallback 
at  Five  Forks,  where  they  succeeded,  after  rallying  on  Corse's 
brigade,  which  occupied  the  right  of  our  line,  in  maintaining  their 
position,  and  during  the  night  they  were  further  reinforced  by 
Hunton's  brigade,  which  came  from  Petersburg. 

Early  on  the  morning  of  the  2d  of  April,  the  command 
marched  about  twelve  miles,  and  halted  at  Exeter  Mills,  on  the 
Appomattox  river,  thence  the  division,  about  2,200  strong, 
moved  to  Deep  Creek,  which  was  reached  that  night,  and  after  a 
short  halt  continued  the  retreat,  without  rations.  With  the  excep 
tion  of  about  sixty  pounds  of  meal,  which  our  Commissary-Ser 
geant  managed  to  get  hold  of,  which  being  distributed  gave  every 
man  in  the  regiment  about  half  a  pound  of  bread,  there  was 
nothing  to  be  had.  Then  came  the  report  of  the  destruction  of 
Richmond ;  still  the  men  struggled  aiong,  hoping  against  hope, 
going  they  knew  not — and  most  of  them  cared  not — where. 

On  the  night  of  the  5th  the  command  reached  Sailors'  Creek 
and  formed  in  line  of  battle,  throwing  up  temporary  breastworks. 
The  next  morning  Sheridan's  cavalry  made  several  attacks.  The 
fighting  continued  until  evening,  when  the  enemy's  infantry  made 
its  appearance  in  front,  while  the  cavalry  swept  around  our 
flanks,  and  thus  our  little  command  was  entirely  surrounded, 
and  Lieutenant-Colonel  F.  H.  Langley  surrendered  the  regiment. 
Just  before  the  surrender  Corporal  N.  T.  Earnest,  of  Company  B, 
was  killed;  also  Captain  Harris,  of  General  Terry's  staff.  A  few 
others  were  wounded.  Below  is  a  partial  list  of  those  cap 
tured  in  the  regiment : 


*  Among  these  were  W.  H.  Deane,  of  Company  "G,"  whose  songs 
had  brought  life  into  the  men  when  nearly  exhausted  on  many  a  weary 
march.  A.  Moss  (our  company  cook),  and  J.  Harris,  both  of  Company 
D,  and  Private  J.  W.  Gravitt,  Company  B,  also  found  their  untimely  end 
here.  At  Newport  News,  Private  T.  R.  Hoffman  died. 


62  WAR    HISTORY    OF   THE   OLD    FIRST    VIRGINIA. 

Field  and  Staff—  Lieutenant-Colonel  F.  H.  Langley ;  Major 
G.  F.  Norton. 

Company  B. — Captain  T.  H.  Davis;  Lieutenant  L.  S.  Robins; 
Sergeants  B.  M.  Crow,  John  Q.  Figg;  Corporal  M.  P.Buchanan; 
Privates  J.  W.  Cauthorn,  G.  R.  Heath,  Charles  Mitchell,  J.  W. 
Gravitt,  J.  A.  Green. 

Company  C. — Sergeant  Pat.  Woods. 

Company  D. — Captain  E.  P.  Reeve;  Sergeant  G.  E.  Craig; 
Privates  Meyer  Angle,  Thomas  W.  Traylor,  R.  H.  Redman,  C.  L. 
Pettit,  W.  R.  Wilkins,  W.  A.  Westmoreland. 

Company  G. — Captain  Eldridge  Morris ;  Lieutenant  W.  T. 
Woody;  Corporal  John  Allen;  Privates  E.  C.  Atkins,  Peter 
Blunt,  J.  Ryland  Epps,  C.  W.  Gentry,  A.  Jeff.  Vaughan. 

Company  H. — Sergeant  R.  H.  Norvell;  Privates  J.  Belcher, 
Ro.  E.  Dignum,  Thomas  Mouring,  William  Belcher. 

Company  L — Corporal  E.  G.  Loving;  Privates  T.  R.  Hoffman, 
F.  R.  Pugh,  Robert  J.  Smith,  W.  P.  Smith. 

Company  K* — Lieutenant  W.  M.  Lawson. 

A  few  who  were  not  in  line  at  the  time  the  regiment  was 
captured,  and  those  that  were  with  the  wagons  ahead,  escaped, 
straggling  along  until  they  reached  Appomattox  Courthouse,  be 
hind  whose  hills  the  Confederate  stars  went  down  to  rise  no 
more. 

I  give  below  a  list  of  the  men  who  surrendered  at  Appomattox 
Courthouse  with  General  Lee.  The  list  was  furnished  by  the 
War  Department  at  Washington  : 

Andrew  J.  Simpson,  Sergeant-Major  in  command ;  William 
Harper  Deane,  Quartermaster-Sergeant;  Elias  P.  Hudgins,  Ord 
nance-Sergeant  ;  James  Stagg,  John  F.  Snyder,  George  C.  Han 
cock,  George  W.  Earnest,  John  N.  Johnson,  privates,  Company 
B;  Thomas  A.  Howard,  John  F.  Wheeley,  Lamuel  R.  Wing- 
field,  James  P.  Mahane,  privates,  Company  D;  Private  John 
K.  Wilkinson,  Company  G ;  Private  Robert  E.  Womack,  Com 
pany  H ;  Martin  Oeters,  James  A.  Jordan,  H.  S.  Carter,  pri 
vates,  Company  I.  In  all,  seventeen  men. 

*This  company  was  formed  from  recruits  sent  us  from  Wythe  county. 
I  have  not  been  able  to  get  a  list  of  the  men. 


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These  were  the  last  of  the  "  Old  First,"  in  the  war  between 
the  States. 

I  conclude  my  sketch  with  an  extract  from  General  James  L. 
Kemper's  farewell  address  to  his  old  brigade  of  May  2d,  1864  : 

"It  is  the  most  painful  duty  of  my  life  to  sever  the  relations 
which  for  three  years  have  harmoniously  united  us ;  which  have 
carried  us  together  through  memorable  and  fiery  trials,  and  have 
bound  you  to  my  heart  with  ties  stronger  than  'hooks  of  steel.' 
No  portion  of  our  armies  will  present  to  the  world  more  splendid 
annals  of  valor  than  the  First,  Third,  Seventh,  Eleventh,  and 
Twenty -fourth,  regiments  of  Virginia  infantry.  Let  us  ever  re 
member,  also,  as  honored  comrades,  though  now  separated  from  us, 
the  noble  Seventeenth  Virginia,  identified  with  us  by  two  years  of 
common  toils  and  achievements.  It  were  enough  of  honor  to 
have  shared  the  fortunes  of  any  of  these  regiments.  Any  soldier 
might  well  be  proud  to  possess  the  command  of  them  all.  Stouter 
heroes  have  not  trod  the  field  of  battle.  In  your  torn  flags,  your 
scarred  persons,  your  rolls  of  gallant  dead,  you  bear  memorials 
of  a  long  succession  of  glorious  conflicts ;  from  the  smoke  and 
fire  of  not  one  of  them  have  you  emerged  without  honor." 


LIST  OF  MEMBERS, 

1861-1865. 


Ahern,  Cornelius, 

Ainsko,  Joseph, 

Ainsko;  John, 

Ainsko,  Joseph, 

Albertson,  A.  E., 

Alexander,  Lawrence, 

Allan,  William  G.,  Captain  and  Q. 

Allen,  George  W.,  Jr., 

Allen,  James, 

Allen,  John  E., 

Allen,  John, 

Allen,  Ro.  B., 

Alluisi,  Julian, 

Alport,  John  F., 

Anderson,  H.  T., 

Anderson,  W.  N,, 

Andrew,  J.  N., 

Angle,  J.  B., 

Angle,  Meyer, 

Archer,  James  W.,  Lieutenant, 

Armstrong,  J.  H., 

Armstrong,  R.  E.,  Sergeant, 

Armstrong,  William  J., 

Armstrong,  William  R., 

Arzberger,  Charles, 

Asher,  Louis, 

Ashby,  B.  F., 

Ashby,  H.  C, 

Ashby,  Robert, 

Ashby,  R.  A., 

Ashworth,  John, 

Atkins,  E.  C., 

Atkinson,  John, 

Atkinson,  J.  Rosser, 

Ayres,  J-.  T., 

Alrich,  W.  A.,  Chaplain, 

Ball,  George  W.,  Sergeant, 


First  year,  Co.  C. 

1861-63,  I- 

1861-63,  I. 

1861-62,  killed,  I. 

During  the  war,  G. 

First  year,  E. 
M.,  First  year,                              F.  &  S. 

1861,  discharged,  G. 

1861,  discharged,  I. 

1861,  killed,  B. 

During  the  war,  G. 

1861,  discharged,  G. 

First  year,  K. 

During  the  war,  G. 

1861,  discharged,  I. 

During  the  war,  H. 

1863,  to  the  end,  D. 
During  the  war,  D. 

1864,  to  the  end,  D. 
1861,  resigned,  B. 
1861,  discharged,  G. 
During  the  war,  H. 
During  the  war>  D. 
1861,  discharged,  G. 
First  year,  K. 
1861,  discharged,  H. 
During  the  war,  G. 
1861,  detached,  G. 
1861,  discharged,  G. 
1863,  to  the  end,  I. 
1863,  to  the  end,  I: 
During  the  war,  G. 

1861,  G. 
During  the  war,  G. 
1861-1864,  detached,  I. 

1862,  F.  &  S. 
During  the  war,  G. 


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Ball,  William, 

Ballentine,  J.  W., 

Balliew,  T.  W. 

Balliew,  William  T., 

Ballow,  Henry  C.,  Lieutenant, 

Banks,  Sol., 

Barker,  John  R., 

Barker,  William  N., 

Barnes,  M.  A., 

Barry,  James, 

Bass,  W.  U., 

Bates,  Joseph  W., 

Bauman,  C.,  Lieutenant, 

Beale,  C.  D.,  Sergeant, 

Beale,  John  H., 

Beazley,  R., 

Belcher,  I., 

Belcher,  William, 

Belesario,  E., 

Bell,  Jeremiah, 

Bell, , 

Bergmeier,  B., 
Bernaugh,  G.  D., 
Betts,  R.  S.,  Corporal, 
Berry,  Alexander, 
Bitzel,  Adam, 
Black,  Robert, 

Bladen, , 

Blair,  Ad.,  Lieutenant, 

Blankenship,  R., 

Blanton,  L.  M.,  Lieutenant, 

Blenkner,  G., 

Blenkner,  Julius, 

Blunt,  Peter, 

Bodeker,  G.  H., 

Boggs,  F.  J.,  Captain, 

Bohannan,  William  A., 

Boland,  John, 

Boler,  G.  W, 

Bolton,  W., 

Boltz,  August, 

Boltz,  Henry, 

Bonn,  George  E., 

Bonn,  Henry  R., 

Bonn,  Joseph,  Corporal, 

Booker, , 


1861,  detached, 
1861,  detached, 
1861-63,  discharged, 

1864,  to  the  end, 
During  the  war, 
1862-63,  in  prison, 
First  year, 

First  year, 
1861,  killed, 
First  year, 
1861,  discharged, 
During  the  war, 
First  year, 
1861-62,  killed, 
1861,  discharged, 
1862, 

1863,  to  the  end, 
1863,  to  the  end, 
1862, 

1863,  to  the  end, 

1865,  to  the  end, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
j8"6i,  detached, 
First  year, 

1861,  discharged, 
1863, 

First  year, 
1861-64,  disabled, 

1864,  to  the  end, 
During  the  war, 
First  year, 
First  year, 

1865,  to  the  end, 
1862, 

1861,  resigned, 
1861-62,  died, 

1861,  detached, 

1862,  to  the  end, 
First  year, 
1861,  detached, 
1861,  detached, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
1864,  died, 


Co.  H. 

H. 

I. 

I. 

I. 

H. 

E. 

E. 

H. 

E. 

D. 

D. 

K. 

B. 

B. 

D. 

H. 

H. 

D. 

C. 

G. 

K. 

E. 

H. 
Drummer. 

K. 

G. 
Drummer. 

D. 

D. 
D.  &C. 

K. 

K. 

G. 

B. 

H. 

B. 

C. 

I. 
Drummer. 

B. 

B. 

H. 
,     H. 

H. 

H. 


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Bornickel,  John  W., 

Bottoms,  S.  D., 

Botzen,  L., 

Boucher,  H., 

Boucher,  John, 

Bowe,  H.  C., 

Bowe,  Nat.  W., 

Boyden,  James  J., 

Boyle,  D.  Jackson, 

Bradford,  H., 

Brannon,  Frank, 

Braton,  J.  G., 

Braw,  John, 

Bray,  James  L.,  Sergeant, 

Breeden,  W.  F., 

Brissacher,  C., 

Bresnahan,  M., 

Bresnahan,  M., 

Bridgeford,  D.  B.,  Commissary, 

Brighthaupt,  G., 

Brimmer,  H., 

Brock,  W.  H., 

Brooks,  Fayette, 

Brooks,  H., 

Brotherton,  D.  H., 

Brown,  J.T., 

Browne,  T.  S., 

Brown,  Theo., 

Brown,  Valentine,  Jr., 

Brunner,  R., 

Bryant,  J.  E., 

Buchannan,  M.  P.,  Corporal, 

Buchenan,  Conrad, 

Buchenan,  Henry, 

Buckley,  James, 

Buckley,  William, 

Birch,  J.  E., 

Burch,  George, 

Burgess,  A.  A., 

Burke,  William  J., 

Burkhard,  Henry,  Corporal, 

Burnett,  J.  W., 

Burns,  T.  C.,  Sergeant, 

Bernstein,  N., 

Burton,  Ro.  C., 


First  year,  Co.  K. 

First  year,  D. 

First  year,  K. 

1861,  detached,  D. 

First  year,  Band. 

1864,  to  the  end,  D. 

During  the  war,  D. 

First  year,  B. 

First  year,  E. 

First  year,  E. 
First  year,                        Drummer. 

1863,  to  the  last,  D. 

1861-62,  died,  K. 

1861,  discharged,  H. 

1861,  discharged,  D. 

First  year,  K. 

1863,  killed,  H. 
1861,  C. 
1861,  F  &  S. 
First  year,  E. 
1861,  G. 

1864,  to  the  end,  C. 
1861,  discharged,  B. 
1861-62,  killed,  I. 
First  year,  H. 
1861,  discharged,  H. 
First  year,  E. 
1861,  detached,  B. 
First  year,  transferred,  D. 
1861,  K. 

1861,  discharged,  G. 
During  the  war,  B. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  Band. 
During  the  war,  C. 
First  year,  E. 
First  year,                        Drummer. 

1862,  killed,  I. 
First  year,  C. 
First  year,  K. 
1861,  B. 
1861,  discharged,  C. 
1864,  to  the  end,  H. 
1861,  discharged,  D. 


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Burton,  H.  W.,  Corporal, 
Burton,  Marion, 
Butler,  R.  L  , 

Butler, ,  Assistant-Surgeon, 

Butt,  George, 

Byrne,  Ed., 

Byron,  John, 

Cabell,  P.  C,  Lieutenant, 

Cabell,  William  M., 

Caho,  William  A.,  Lieutenant, 

Callahan,  John  E., 

Camp,  James  W., 

Carr,  James  V., 

Carroll,  Lawrence,  Corporal, 

Carter,  C.  C., 

Carter,  H.  S., 

Carter,  R.  L., 

Carter,  William  J.,  Corporal, 

Carey,  M.  H., 

Carver,  J.  F., 

Casey,  Pat., 

Castello,  Tim.,  Corporal, 

Cauthorn,  J.  W., 

Chaddick,J.J, 

Chaddick,  Richard,  Corporal, 

Chamberlayne,  E.  H.  Jr.,  Sergeant, 

Chaney, , 

Chappell,  A.  A., 
Chappell,  C.  H., 
Chappell,  J.  F., 
Chappell,  William  T., 
Charles,  John  H.,  Corporal, 
Childress,  Thad., 
Childreyjohn  H., 
Chilton,  William  B., 
Chockley,  W.  E., 
Claggett,  Maurice, 
Clarke,  H.  C., 
Clarke,  J.  D., 

Clarke,  John  T.,  Sergeant, 
Clarke,  John  T., 
Clarke,  S, 
Clarke,  Willis, 
Clash,  C.  V., 
Clayton,  Allen  O., 
Clayton,  R.  J., 


1861,  transferred, 
1864,  to  the  end, 
1861,  discharged, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
First  year, 

1863,  to  the  last, 
During  the  war, 
1865, 

1861-63,  killed, 
First  year, 
During  the  war, 
First  year, 
During  the  war, 
1861-62,  killed, 

1864,  to  the  end, 
1864,  died, 
During  the  war, 
1863,  to  the  end, 
First  year, 
First  year, 

1861,  discharged, 

1862,  to  the  end, 
1861-62,  disabled, 
1861-63,  killed, 
1861,  discharged, 
1864, 

1861-64,  killed, 

1863,  to  the  end, 
1861-63,  died, 
1861, 

1861,  discharged, 
1861,  discharged, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
1861,  discharged, 

1864,  to  the  end, 
First  year, 
1861, 

1863, 

1864,  to  the  end, 
1861,  discharged, 
During  the  war, 
1861,  died, 


Co.  D. 

H. 

G 
F.  &S. 

E. 

C. 

B. 

H. 

H. 

I. 

E. 

H. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

I. 

I. 

B. 

C. 

E. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

H. 

H. 

D. 

G. 

I. 

I. 

I. 

I. 

B. 

G. 

B. 

E. 

D. 

H. 

H. 

C. 

E. 

B. 

I. 

C. 
.        H. 

H. 

H. 


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Cleary,  James  K., 

Clifford,  Thomas  C., 

Cobb,  James  H.,  Lieutenant, 

Cole,  W.  H., 

Collier,  E.  J.,  Jr., 

Collins,  Cor., 

Collins,  Thomas, 

Collins,  H.  W, 

Collins,  M., 

Collins,  Thomas, 

Collins,  W.  G., 

Connor,  James, 

Connor,  James, 

Consadine,  Michael, 

Cook,  J.  C, 

Cook,  Stephen  J., 

Cook,  William  F., 

Copenhofer,  G.  A., 

Corcoran,  James, 

Cordle,  R.  E., 

Cornick,  George  C., 

Corr,  G.  W., 

Costican,  J.  M., 

Cox, , 

Craddock,  R.  B., 

Craig,  George  E.,  Sergeant, 

Creamer,  Patrick, 

Cree,  William  E., 

Creedins,  C.  W , 

Crenshaw,  T.  E., 

Crenshaw,  W.  H., 

Crew,  John  T.,  Sergeant, 

Cromwell,  S.  A., 

Crow,  B.  M.,  Sergeant, 

Crowe,  D.  N., 

Crowe,  George  W., 

Crump,  Robert  A.,  Corporal, 

Crigger,  W.  H., 

Cullen,  J.  S.  D.,  Surgeon, 

Cullingsworth,  William  H., 

Cumby,  Major, 

Cummings,  Pat., 

Cunningham,  F.  D.,  Ass't  Surgeon, 

Dabney,  J.  E., 

Dabney,  V., 

Daley,  Mich., 


First  year,  Co.  E. 

First  year,  C. 

First  year,  resigned,  B. 

First  year,  E. 

1861,  discharged,  D. 

1861,  discharged,  I. 

During  the  war,  C. 

1864,  to  the  end,  C. 

1863,  I. 

First  year,  E. 

1863,  to  the  end,  C. 
1861,  discharged,  C. 
First  year,  E. 
1861-64,  killed,  C. 

1864,  to  the  end,  D. 
First  year,  E. 
1861,  discharged,  G. 
1861,  H. 
During  the  war,  C. 

1863,  died,  I. 
1861,  discharged,  I. 

1864,  to  the  end,  D. 
1861,  D. 
1861,  H. 
1861,  detached,  G. 
During  the  war,  D. 
First  year,  C. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  transferred,  D. 

1863,  to  the  end,  C. 
During  the  war,  I. 
First  year,  E. 
During  the  war,  B. 
1861,  discharged,  H. 
1861,  detached,  D. 
1861,  discharged,  G. 
1862-64,  killed,  B. 
1861,  transferred,                 F.  &  S. 
First  year,  G. 

1864,  D. 
1861,  discharged,  C. 
1861,  transferred,                  F.  &  S. 
1861-63,  I. 
1861,  transferred,  D. 
1861,  C. 


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Daniel,  John  H., 

Daniels,  Joseph, 

Dansey,  John  A.,  Corporal, 

Davidge,  J.  B., 

Davidson,  E.  F., 

Davis,  B.  T, 

Davis,  E*  M., 

Davis,  John  R., 

Davis,  Richard  T., 

Davis,  T.  Herbert,  Captain, 

Davis,  T.  S., 

Davis,  Thomas  K., 

Davis,  W.  A., 

Dawson,  James, 

Dawson,  R.  Joseph, 

Dean,  William  H.,  Sergeant, 

Dean,  Wm.  Harper,  Sergeant, 

DeBar,  D., 

Deekman,  George  F.,  Sergeant, 

Degenhart,  C.  P., 

Delamonte,  L., 

Delaway,  W.  H., 

Denegri,  J.  B., 

Dennis,  S.  C., 

Dennis,  James, 

Devoux,  J.  F., 

Diacont,  Adam, 

Diacont,  Philip, 

Diacont,  Wolfgang, 

Dick,  John  T., 

Dignum,  R.  E., 

Dilger,  Joseph, 

Doll,  John, 

Donahoe,  John,  Lieutenant, 

Donahoe,  Charles  R., 

Dooley,  James  H., 

Dooley,  John,  Major, 

Dooley,  John  E.,  Captain, 

Doran,  Phillip,  Sergeant, 

Dorin,  Michael  B.,  Sergeant, 

Dove,  Robert, 

Doyle,  Benjamin, 

Draper,  John, 

Driscoll,  James  W., 

Dubel,  Henry, 

Duerson,  W.  H., 

5 


During  the  war, 
1862,  to  the  end, 
First  year, 
First  year, 

1862,  to  the  end, 
1861,  discharged, 

1863,  to  the  end, 
First  year, 

1861,  discharged, 
During  the  war, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
1861,  transferred, 
1864, 

First  year, 
During  the  war, 
During  the  war, 
First  year, 
First  year, 

1861,  disabled, 
1862, 

First  year, 

First  year,  detached, 

1862,  to  the  end, 

1863,  to  the  end, 
1861-62,  prisoner, 
First  year, 

First  year, 

1861,  killed, 
First  year, 
During  the  war, 
First  year, 
1861, 

1861-62,  killed, 
First  year, 

1862,  disabled, 
First  year,  C. 

1862,  to  the  end, 
1861,  discharged, 
1861,  detached, 
First  year, 
1863-64, 

1863,  to  the  end, 
1861,  killed, 

1861,  disabled, 

1862,  to  the  end, 


Co.  H. 
B. 
G. 
E. 
H. 
B. 
C. 
H. 
B. 
B. 
D. 
E. 
H. 
H. 
E. 
G. 
B. 
K. 
K. 
K. 
B. 
H. 
D. 
H. 
C. 
I. 
K. 
K. 
K. 
K. 
H. 
K. 
B. 
C. 
E. 
C. 

and  F.  &  S. 

D.  &C. 

C. 

C. 

E. 

Drummer. 
D. 
C. 
K. 
H. 


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Duffey,  Patrick,  Corporal, 

Duke,  H.  T., 

Duncan,  William  M., 

Dunn,  James, 

Dunn,  R.  N.,  Corporal, 

Durham,  Thomas,  Sergeant, 

Dwyer,  T.  R., 

Earle,  John, 

Earnest,  N.  T.,  Corporal, 

Earnest,  George  W., 

Edwards,  James, 

Edwards,  David  S., 

Edwards,  George  T., 

Eggleston,  W.  B., 

Ellett,  L.  O.,  Corporal, 

Ellig,  John, 

Elsasser,  H.  T.,  Sergeant, 

Emmerson,  R., 

Emmenhauser,  John, 

Emory,  Marion, 

England,  George, 

English,  William,  Captain, 

Ennis,  P.  J.,  Sergeant, 

Enright,  Michael, 

Epps,J.  R., 

Esby,  James, 

Estres,  W.  C, 

Eubank, , 

Eubank,  George, 

Euker,  Charles,  Corporal, 

Evans,  D., 

Eubank,  G.  W., 

Fagan,  James, 

Fahrenbruch,  Aug., 

Farmer,  J.  T., 

Farrar,  James, 

Farson,  S  , 

Fergusson,  H.  C., 

Fergusson,  Robert  A., 

Fergusson,  W.  J., 

Ferneyhough,  E.  M.,  Corporal, 

Ferneyhough,  E.  S., 

Freslow,  William  E.,  Sergeant, 

Figg,  John  Q.,  Sergeant, 

Figner,  A.,  Corporal, 

Fink,  John, 


First  year, 

1863,  to  the  end, 
1861,  discharged, 
1861, 

During  the  war, 
1861-63,  disabled, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
1861-65,  killed, 

1864,  to  the  end, 

1864,  to  the  end, 
1861-63,  killed, 
First  year, 
1861,  detached, 
1861-63,  killed, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
1861,  discharged, 
1861,  discharged, 

1865,  to  the  end, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
During  the  war, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
1862, 

First  year, 
1861,  transferred, 
First  year, 
1861-63, 

1861,  discharged, 
First  year, 

1862,  to  the  end, 
During  the  war, 
1861,  prisoner, 
1861-63,  disabled, 
During  the  war, 
During  the  war, 
1861-62,  killed, 
1861,  discharged, 
1861,  discharged, 
During  the  war, 
1861-64,  killed, 
1861,  discharged, 


Co.  C. 

I. 

B. 

C. 

H. 

G. 

E. 

E. 

B. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

E. 

H. 

I. 
Band. 

K. 
Band. 

K. 

B. 

G. 

C. 

E. 

C. 

G. 

E. 

H. 

H. 
Drummer. 

B. 

I. 

I. 

C. 

K. 

D. 

G. 

H. 

G. 

G. 

G. 

D. 

D. 

B. 

B. 

I. 

K. 


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Finn,  J.  M.,  Sergeant, 

Finnerty,  John, 

Fitzgerald,  Edward, 

Fitzgerald,  John  E.,  Corporal, 

Fizer,  E., 

Flaherty,  James  F., 

Fleckenstein,  H., 

Flemming,  M., 

Flowers, 

Foley, 

Ford,  F., 

Ford,  F.  H., 

Ford,  John, 

Fore,  V.  L.,  Lieutenant, 

Foresighte,  A.  W., 

Foster,  D., 

Foushee,  D.  R., 

Fowlkes,  C.  C.,  Sergeant, 

Fox,  A., 

Fox,  Richard, 

Frankenthal,  S., 

Franklin,  F., 

Fawley,  John, 

Frayser,  D., 

Freeman,  J.  W.. 

Firth,  J.  A., 

Fry,  William  H.,  Lieut.-Colonel, 

Fry,  W.  T.,  Adjutant, 

Fuqua,  P.  P., 

Furbush, , 

Furcron,  Henry  W.,  Corporal, 

Gardiner, ,  Chaplain, 

Gaffney,  L., 
Gallagher,  J.  B., 
Gannon,  A., 
Garrett,  B.  K., 
Gartland,  Frank, 
Gary,  Edwin  C., 
Gary,  Hezekiah  B., 
Gehring,  Joseph, 
Gelnhausen,  L., 
Gentry,  Charles  W., 
Gentry,  James  A., 
Gentry,  James  W., 
Gerhardt,  C.  C., 
Gerhardt,  F.  J., 


1861-63,  prisoner,  Co.  D. 

First  year,  C. 

First  year,  C. 

First  year,  E. 

1862-63,  prisoner,  H. 

First  year,  E. 

First  year,  K. 

First  year,  C. 

1862-63,  killed,  H. 

1863,  G. 

1862,  B. 
1861,  H. 

1864,  to  the  end,  I. 
1861,  resigned,  I. 
1861,  disabled,  C. 

1863,  H. 

1863,  to  the  end,  D. 
1861-62,  killed,  G. 

1864,  died,  D. 
First  year,  Band. 
First  year,  B. 
1861-63,  killed,  B. 
1861,  died,  C. 
First  year,  I. 
1862-63,  killed,  D. 
1861-62,  killed,  D. 
1861,  detached,  F.  &  S. 
1861-62,  detached,  F.  &  S. 
1863,  to  the  end,  D. 
1863,  to  the  end,  G. 
During  the  war,  D. 
1863,  F.  &  S. 
First  year,  discharged,  C. 
1861,  discharged,  D. 
First  year,  C. 
During  the  war,  D. 
First  year,  E. 
During  the  war,  G. 
During  the  war,  G. 
1861,  discharged,  K. 
1861,  discharged,  K. 
During  the  war,  G. 
1861,  detached,  H. 
First  year,  K. 
1861,  discharged,  I. 
1861,  K. 


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Gersdorf,  George, 

Giannini,  F.  W., 

Giblin,  James, 

Gills,  J., 

Gilman,  Edwin, 

Gilman,  J.  D., 

Ginty,  Thomas, 

Glass,  George, 

Glinn,  G.  R., 

Goddin,  G.  G.,  Corporal, 

Goodwin,  W., 

Goodall,  J.  M., 

Goodson,  E.  C.,  Sergeant, 

Gordon,  W.  H.,  Captain, 

Goulden,  J.  H., 

Goetze,  E.  A., 

Govan,  Archie, 

Grady,  James, 

Grammer,  J.  G., 

Gravitt,  J.  W., 

Gray,  Henry, 

Gravely,  J.  M., 

Greaner,  J.  H.,  Captain, 

Green,  James  A., 

Green,  J.  F , 

Green,  W.  C., 

Griffin,  E.  J., 

Grigsby,  A.  S.,  Surgeon, 

Grill,  George,  Jr., 

Griswold,  J.  G.,  Captain, 

Gronwald,  C.  E.,  Quarterm'r-Serg't, 

Grossman,  E., 

Gunn,  T.  H.,  Corporal, 

Gutbier,  Fred., 

Guy,  John  H.,  Corporal, 

Gillespie,  Samuel, 

Haake,  Gerhard,  Sergeant, 

Habermehl,  G., 

Hach,  Fred., 

Hach,  John, 

Hackman,  B.  F., 

Haderman,  H., 

Hagemeyer,  F.  W.,  Captain, 

Hahn,  P., 

Haley,  John, 

Haley,  Pat., 


1861,  detached,  Co.  K. 

First  year,  discharged,  D. 

First  year,  discharged,  C. 

1864,  died,  D. 

1861-62,  disabled,  H. 

1861,  H. 

1861,  C. 

First  year,  K. 

1861-62,  disabled,  I. 

1861-62,  killed,  B. 

1861,  discharged,  I. 

1862,  I. 
During  the  war,  I. 
First  year,  retired,  G. 

1863,  to  the  last,  C. 

1861,  B. 
1862-64,  killed,  D. 
First  year,  E. 
1861-62,  killed,  I. 
1862-65,  died  in  prison,  B. 
1862-64,  detailed,  B. 
1863,  to  the  last,  C. 
First  year,  retired,  H. 

1862,  to  the  end,  B. 

1861,  discharged,  I. 
First  year,  discharged,  I. 

1863,  killed,  I. 

1862,  to  the  end,                   F.  &  S. 
1861,  discharged,  I. 
First  year,  retired,  D. 
1861,  discharged,  K. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  G. 
1861,  killed,  K. 
1861,  transferred,  B. 
1863-64,  killed,  C. 
First  year,  K. 
1861,  discharged,  K. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  K. 
1861,  discharged,  D. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  K. 
i86T-62,  discharged,  I. 
1861,  discharged,  C. 
1861,  discharged,  C. 


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Haley,  T.  H., 

Hall,  R.  L., 

Hancock,  George  C., 

Holloran,  James,  Captain, 

Hamilton,  John, 

Hamilton,  Theo., 

Hammill,  H.J., 

Hammill,  R.  S., 

Hansford,  C.  P.,  Sergeant, 

Hargrove,  B., 

Harney,  Henry,  Lieutenant, 

Harrington,  Pat., 

Harris,  John, 

Harris,  Hez., 

Harris,  Fred., 

Harris,  P.  W., 

Harrison,  Randolph,  Captain, 

Harrison,  W.  W.,  Lieutenant, 

Hart,  John, 

Hartman,  F.  W., 

Hartman,  J.  H., 

Harvey,  Charles, 

Harvie,  W.  O.,  Sergeant-Major, 

Haskins,  A., 

Haskins,  George, 

Hassett,  Pat., 

Havenner,  Charles, 

Hay,  H.  P., 

Hay,  Thomas  W.,  Sergeant, 

Hazlewood,  Joseph, 

Head,  J.  C., 

Heath,  George  R., 

Hebring,  Fred.,  Sergeant, 

Heinemann,  H., 

Helwick,  J.  L., 

Hendricks,  J.  P., 

Henicke,  F.  A., 

Henning,  C.  M., 

Henry,  L.  H., 

Herzog,  E., 

Higgins,  Daniel, 

Hinton,  Assistant  Surgeon, 

Hirschberg,  Joseph, 

Hitchcock,  R.  F., 

Hite,  W.  C., 

Hoare,  James, 


1861-62,  discharged,  Co.  D. 

1864,  D. 

1862,  to  the  end,  B. 
1861-63,  killed,  C. 
1861,  C. 
1861,  detached,  G. 
First  year,  H. 
First  year,  H. 
1861-63,  killed,  H. 

1863,  to  the  end,  C. 
1861,  transferred.  D. 
1861,  discharged.  C. 
1864-65,  died  in  prison,  D. 
First  year,  detached,       i         D. 
First  year,                        Drummer. 
1861,  B. 
1861,  resigned,  B. 

1861,  resigned,  B. 

1864,  to  the  end,  G. 

1862,  B. 
1861,  discharged,  H. 
1864,  to  the  end,  G. 
1861,  transferred,                 F.  &  S. 
During  the  war,  G. 
1861-62,  discharged,  G. 
1861,  discharged,  C. 
First  year,  E. 
First  year,  B. 
During  the  war,  G. 

1863,  to  the  end,  B. 
During  the  war,  I. 
During  the  war,  B. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  K. 
1861,  detached,  K. 

1864,  died,  D. 
1861-62,  H. 
First  year,  E. 
First  year,  E. 
First  year,  K. 
1861,  discharged,  C. 
1861,  discharged,                 F.  &  S. 
First  year,                               Band. 
First  year,  B. 
1862-63,  killed,  H. 
1864,  to  the  end,  C. 


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Holzmann,  S., 

Hoch,  A., 

Hodges,  Harvey, 

Hodges,  M., 

Hodges,  V.  E., 

Hoffman,  Charles, 

Hoffman,  John  P., 

Hollingsworth,  R.  P., 

Hogstett,  J.  McC., 

Hooker,  J.  G., 

Hord,  B.  H., 

Hord,  William  P., 

Horner,  James  E., 

Hatke,  Andrew, 

Hough,  O.  R.,  Sergeant, 

Howard,  Benjamin  F.,  Captain, 

Howard,  Joseph  W., 

Howard,  Thomas  A., 

Howry,  J.  W., 

Hudgins,  E.  P.,  Sergeant, 

Hudnut,  E.  A., 

Huffman,  T.  R., 

Hugel,  L.  M., 

Hughes,  M., 

Hundley  J.  C., 

Hutcheson,  W., 

Ish,  M.  A., 

Ingram,  W.  P., 

Jackson,  John  D., 

Jackson,  T.  E., 

Jackson,  W.  M., 

Jacobs,  John,  Jr., 

Jacobs,  Joseph, 

James,  D., 

James,  Edwin, 

James,  J.  H., 

James,  R.  W.,  Sergeant, 

Jarboe,  G.  B., 

Jarvis,  D.  A., 

Jenkins,  C.  H., 

Jennings,  J.  C.,  Commissary  Sergeant, 

Johnson,  B.  C., 

Johnson,  J.  W., 

Johnson,  George  W., 

Johnson,  James  W., 

Jones,  Abram, 


1861-62,  Co.  I. 

First  year,  K. 

1864,  to  the  end,  I. 

1864,  to  the  end,  I. 

During  the  war,  G. 

First  year,  transferred,  G. 

First  year,  K. 

1864,  to  the  end,  C. 

1863,  I. 

1861-62,  I. 

1861-62,  disabled,  G. 

During  the  war,  G. 

1861,  detached,  H. 

First  year,  K. 

First  year,  H. 

During  the  war,  I. 

1861,  discharged,  D. 

During  the  war,  D. 

1861-62,  D. 

During  the  war,  G. 

1861,  discharged,  G. 

1862-65,  died  in  prison,  I. 

1861-62,  discharged,  I. 

1861,  disabled,  C. 

1863,  discharged,  I. 

1861,  C. 

1861-64,  detached,  I. 

1863,  to  the  end,  C. 
During  the  war,  G. 

1861,  H. 
1861-62,  killed,  H. 
1861-63,  discharged,  B. 
1861-62,  discharged,  H. 

1862,  B. 
First  year,  H. 

1864,  disabled,  I. 
1861,  discharged,  I. 
First  year,  E. 
During  the  war,  D. 
1861-62,  discharged,  I. 
During  the  war,  D. 
First  year,  E. 

1863,  to  the  end,  C. 
1861-63,  disabled,  D. 
1863-64,  transferred,       Drummer. 
1863,  to  the  end,  C. 


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Jones,  E.  B., 

Jones,  John  N., 

Jones,  R.  McC,  Lieutenant, 

Jones,  R.  M.,  Sergeant, 

Jones,  T.  R., 

Jones,  William, 

Jordan,  E., 

Jordon,  Richard  D.,  Corporal, 

Jordon,  Joseph  A., 

Jordan, , 

Joseph,  Wilson  B., 

Joy,  George, 

Joyce,  John, 

Judge  John  M., 

Justice,  J.  P., 

Kahn,  M., 

Kavenaugh, John, 

Kayton,  H.  H., 

Kean,  Charles, 

Kearney,  M., 

Keating,  Pat., 

Keiningham,  J.  C., 

Keiningham,  Wm.  H.  (Peter),  Lieut., 

Kehoe,  M., 

Kelly,  J.  C., 

Kelly,  T.  R., 

Kendrick,  W.  F., 

Kennedy,  J.  A.  B., 

Kennedy,  Joseph, 

Kepler,  J.  H.,  Sergeant, 

Kepler,  N., 

Kieley,  J.  D., 

Kilby,  W.  R., 

Kessler,  Nat., 

King,  David,  Lieutenant, 

King,  E.  H., 

King,W.  H, 

Knauff,  G.  F., 

Koch,  George, 

Kuhn,  L.  P, 

Lacy,  T.  A., 

Lafong,  E.  O., 

Lamb,  George, 

Lambert,  G.  W., 

Landers,  R. 

Langley,  Frank  H.,  Lieut-Colonel, 


1861,  discharged,  Co.  D 

1864,  to  the  end,  B. 
During  the  war,                   D.  &  C. 

1861-62,  disabled,  I. 

1861,  detached,  G. 

1861,  B. 
1861-62,  discharged,  H. 
During  the  war,  G. 
1864,  to  the  end,  I. 

1862,  killed,  B. 
1861-64,  disabled,  H. 
1863-64,  detached,  I. 
1861,  discharged,  C. 
First  year,  E. 
1864,  detached,  D. 
First  year,  I. 
1861,  disabled,  C. 
1861,  killed,  B. 
1861,  died,  C. 
First  year,  C. 
1861-62,  killed,  C. 

1863,  to  the  end,  D. 
During  the  war,  D. 
1861,  discharged,  C. 
During  the  war,  I. 
1862-64,  prisoner,  I. 
1861-64,  G. 
1861,  discharged,  I. 
1861,  C. 
During  the  war,  D. 
1861,  B. 
1861,  detached,  C. 
1861-63,  disabled,  H. 
1861,  disabled,  B. 
1861,  resigned,  C. 
1861,  discharged,  D. 
1861,  detached,  H. 
1861,  discharged,  G. 
1861,  detached,  K. 
1861,  detached,  H. 

1861,  detached,  I. 
1862-63,  detached,  H. 

1862,  I. 
1861,  G. 
1861-62,  discharged,  C. 
During  the  war,         G.  &  F.  &  S. 


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Larkins,  M., 

Lawrence,  James, 

Lauterbach,  Fred., 

Lawson,  John, 

Lawson,  M.  C., 

Lawson,  William  M.,  Lieutenant, 

Layard,  William  S., 

Lee,  George  W., 

Lee,  James  K,  Captain, 

Lee,  John  W., 

Lee,  Richard, 

Lehmkul,  Fred., 

Leidey,  S.  M., 

Lesafki,  Otto, 

Lester,  T.  P., 

Liggon,  John  L., 

Lichtenstein,  L, 

Lindner,  Charles, 

Lindsey,  J.  J., 

Linkhauer,  H.,  Lieutenant, 

Lintz,  Samuel, 

Lipscombe,  John  T., 

Lipscombe,  W.  H.,  Sergeant, 

Littlepage,  J.  L.,  Sergeant, 

Lloyd,  J.  A, 

Lloyd,  J.  G., 

Lloyd,  Mathew, 

Lloyd,  Robert, 

Loehr,  Charles  T.,  Sergeant, 

Loehr,  Fred., 

Logan,  George, 

Lohmann,  F.  W.  E.,  Lieutenant, 

Lord,  J.  R., 

Loving,  E.  B.,  Corporal, 

Lucas,  T.  H., 

Lucke,  B, 

Lukeman,  R., 

Lumpkin,  G.  A., 

Lumpkin,  William  J.,  Sergeant, 

Lutz,  Fred., 

Lyneman,  A.  H., 

Lytle,  W.  A, 

McCabe,  H.  D., 

McCabe,  L., 

McCauley,  P., 

McCann,  M., 


1861,  discharged,  Co.  C. 

1862,  discharged,  H. 
First  year,  K. 
1864,  to  the  end,  H. 
1864,  to  the  end,  H. 
During  the  war,  H. 
1861,  transferred,  G. 
1861,  discharged,  D. 
1861,  killed,  B. 
1861-62,  transferred,  D. 

1863,  C. 
1861,  discharged,  K. 
1861,  detached,  G. 

1864,  to  the  end,  C. 
1863,  to  the  end,  I. 
1861,  detached,  G. 
1861,  discharged,  H. 
1861,  detached,  K. 
1861,  discharged,  G. 
1861,  K. 
First  year,  E. 
1861,  detached,  D. 
During  the  war,  I. 
During  the  war,  B. 
First  year,  E. 

1863,  to  the  end,  I. 
1861,  prisoner,  H. 

1861,  prisoner,  H. 
During  the  war,  D. 

1862,  disabled  and  detached,  B. 
1861-62,  killed,  D. 
1861,  resigned,  K. 
1861,  G. 
During  the  war,  I. 

1864,  D. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  E. 
1861,  discharged,  G. 
1861,  disabled,  B. 
1861,  B. 
1861-62,  detached,  B. 
1861-62,  detached,  B. 
1861,  H. 
1861,  detached,  C. 
During  the  war,  C. 
1861,  C. 


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McCary,  B.  J., 
McCarthy,  Daniel, 
McCarthy,  Mike, 
McCrossen,  James, 
McDonald,  John,  Sergeant, 
McDonald,  John,  Lieutenant, 
McDonough,  Thomas, 
McGee,  Joseph, 
McGee,  Pat., 
McGrady,  William  C, 
McGlochlin,  H., 
McGrail,  P., 
McGuigon,  E., 

McKaigg,  W.  W.,  Lieutenant, 
Mackey,  John,  Jr., 
McLaughlan,  H., 
McLaughlin,  H., 
McLear,  J.  M., 
McMahan,  John, 
McMahan,  Stephen, 

McMillan, , 

McMinn,  Delaware, 
McMullen,  James, 
McNamara,  F., 
McNamee,  J.  F.,  Sergeant, 
McNamee,  Thomas, 
McPherson,  H.  S., 
McRichards,  S.,  Sergeant, 
Mahane,  James  R., 
Mahane,  M.  R., 
Mahane,  William  P., 
Mahoney.  J.  E., 
Mahoney,  Martin, 
Mallory,  S.  R., 
Mallory,  C.  A., 
Mallorv,  W.  A, 
Mann,  F.  M.,  Lieutenant, 
Maiden,  E.  R., 
Marooney,  P., 
Marran,  James  E., 
Martin,  E.  W.,  Lieutenant, 
Martin,  R.  W.  S, 
Martin,  Theo.  R.,  Sergeant, 

Martin, ,  Chaplain, 

Matthews,  N.  G., 

Maury,  Thos.  F.,  Assistant-Surgeon, 


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1863,  to  the  end, 

Co.  C. 

First  year, 

C. 

1861, 

C. 

During  the  war, 

C. 

1861,  detached, 

C. 

First  year,  resigned, 

G. 

First  year, 

Drummer. 

1862,  to  the  end, 

H. 

1861,  detached, 

C. 

1861, 

C. 

First  year, 

E. 

1861-62.  disabled, 

, 

1864, 

§ 

First  year, 

. 

1861,  discharged, 

§ 

1863,  killed, 

. 

First  year, 

E. 

1863,  to  the  end, 

I. 

First  year, 

C. 

First  year, 

C. 

1861, 

D. 

1861-64,  killed, 

D. 

1861, 

C. 

1861,  detached, 

C. 

First  year, 

E. 

First  year, 

E. 

First  year, 

E. 

1861,  discharged, 

C. 

1861, 

G. 

1861-62,  killed, 

G. 

1862,  to  the  end, 

D. 

1861,  discharged, 

H. 

1861,  discharged, 

C. 

1861,  killed, 

G. 

First  year, 

E. 

During  the  war, 

B. 

1861-62,  killed, 

B. 

1863,  to  the  end, 

C. 

First  year, 

C. 

1861,  killed, 

E. 

1861-64,  disabled, 

H.    . 

1861-62,  discharged, 

H. 

During  the  war, 

H. 

1863, 

F.  &S. 

1862, 

I. 

First  year,  transferred, 

F.  &S. 

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Maxwelll,  William,  Lieutenant, 

Mayo,  D.  E., 

Mead,  Charts, 

Meanley,  John  A., 

Meenley,  George  L.,  Corporal, 

Melson,  C.  L., 

Melton,  James  M., 

Mercer,  Thomas  H.,  Lieutenant, 

Meredith,  R.  O., 

Merkel,  Tobias, 

Mesco,  John, 

Meyer,  Felix, 

Meyer,  L.  V., 

Meyer,  Max., 

Michols,  Ab., 

Miles,  H.  H.,  Lieutenant, 

Miles,  Marion, 

Miles,  Thomas, 

Miles,  W.  D., 

Miller,  A.  W., 

Miller,  C.  E., 

Miller,  E.  R., 

Miller,  Florence,  Captain, 

Miller,  J.  P., 

Miller,  W.  F., 

Mills,  R.  N.,  Sergeant, 

Mills,  Robert, 

Minor,  A.  Thomas, 

Mitchel,  James  C., 

Mitchell,  Charles, 

Mitchell,  George  W., 

Mitchell,  James,  Captain, 

Mitchell,  J.  H., 

Mitchell,  Samuel  P.,  Lieutenant, 

Mitchell,  Willie, 

Montague,  A., 

Moore,  P.  T.,  Colonel, 

Moore,  William, 

Moore,  William  H., 

Morgan,  John  H., 

Morgan, , 

Moriarty,  John,  Sergeant, 
Morris,  Eldridge,  Captain, 
Morrice,  Isidore,  Corporal, 
Morris  R.  F.,  Captain, 
Morris,  W.  A.,  Sergeant, 


First  year,  Co.  E. 

1861,  discharged,  D. 
First  year,  E. 
1861-62,  disabled,  H. 
During  the  war,  D. 
1863,  to  the  end,  D. 
First  year,  Band. 

1862,  disabled,  F.  &  S. 
1861-64,  detached,  I. 
First  year,  K. 
1861-62,  detached,  B. 
First  year,  K. 
1861,  discharged,  D. 
1861-62,  discharged,  B. 
1861,  H. 
1861,  killed,  G. 
1861-62,  detached,  D. 
During  the  war,  G. 

1863,  to  the  end,  C. 
First  year,  E. 
1861,  C. 
1861,  disabled,  D. 
1861,  resigned,  K. 
1861,  discharged,  H. 
1861-63,  killed,  G. 
1861.  discharged,  B. 
1861,  H. 
During  the  war,  I. 
1861,  discharged,  G. 
During  the  war,  B. 
During  the  war,  D. 
1861-62,  transferred,  C. 

1864,  D. 
1 86 1,  transferred,  B. 
1862-63,  killed,  D. 
1861,  died,  H. 
First  year,  retired,  F.  &  S. 
1861,  discharged,  C. 
1862-63,  I. 

1861,  disabled,  H. 

1862,  to  the  end,  H. 
During  the  war,  C. 
During  the  war,  G. 
1861,  killed,  E. 
1861,  resigned,  I. 
1861-62,  killed,  D. 


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Morrisett,  R.  C.,  Corporal, 
Morton,  T.  S., 
Mosby,  W.  B., 
Moss,  Alexander, 
Moss,  Peter, 
Moss,  R.  J., 
Mouney,  F., 
Mountcastle,  Geo., 
Mountcastle,  Oliver, 
Mountjoy,  John, 
Mouring,  Thomas, 
Mullen,  A.  P., 
Mullen,  William  H., 
Munford,  William,  Major, 
Murphy,  Michael, 
Murphy,  John, 
Murphy,  Thomas, 
Murrell,  G.  W., 
Nagle,  Thomas, 
Nagelsmann,  Joseph. 
Neal,  S.  S., 
Neale,  George  C., 
New,  C.  R., 

Newby, , 

Noel,  F.  R., 

Noble,  N., 

Nobles,  B.  R., 

Nolan,  Thomas, 

Nolan,  Michael, 

Nolting,  G.  A., 

Noonan,  Pat., 

Norton,  George  F.,  Major, 

Norvell,  R.  H.,  Sergeant, 

Notte,  David, 

Notte,  Henry, 

Notte,  Herman, 

Nuckols, , 

O'Brien,  N., 

O'Brien,  Pat., 

O'Brien,  Pat., 

Ocker,  Joseph, 

Offatt,  John  R., 

Offatt,  George  W.,  Lieutenant, 

Offatt,  Z.  A., 

Ogden,  L.  W.,  Sergeant, 

O'Hare, , 


During  the  war,  Co.  I. 

1861-63,  disabled,  D. 

1862-63,  disabled,        *  H. 

1862-65,  died  in  prison,  D. 

1862,  killed,  B. 

1862,  killed,  I. 
First  /ear,  E. 
1861,  transferred,  G. 
1861,  discharged,  B. 
1861,  discharged,  B. 
During  the  war,  H. 
First  year,  E. 
First  year,  B. 
1861,  transferred,                  F.  &  S. 
1861,  discharged,  C. 

1863,  C. 
During  the  war,  C. 
1863-64,  I. 
1861,  detached,  C. 
1861,  detached,  K. 
1863,  prisoner,  I. 
First  year,  E. 
1861-62,  killed,  H. 
1863,  G. 
1863,  to  the  end,  C. 

1861,  discharged,  G. 
1863,  to  the  end,  C.  ' 

1862,  G. 

1863,  to  the  end,  C. 
During  the  war,  H. 
First  year,  C. 
During  the  war,          D.  &  F.  &  S. 
During  the  war,  H. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  K. 
1862-63,  killed,  H. 
First  year,  E. 
1862,  B. 
1861,  C. 

1861,  detached,  K. 
First  year,  E. 
First  year,  E. 
First  year,  E. 
During  the  war,  B. 

1862,  D. 


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O'Keeffe,  James  H., 

O'Keefe,  John, 

O'Keefe,  Arthur, 

Oeters,  Martin, 

Otey,  E.  T., 

Otey,  G.  G.,  Adjutant, 

O'Gorman,  Owen,  Sergeant, 

Paine,  J.  W., 

Paine,  Pleasant, 

Pairo,  C.  H., 

Palmer,  William  H.,  Major, 

Paris,  Samuel  A., 

Parker,  C.  L.,  Corporal, 

Parker,  William  H.,  Sergeant, 

Patrick, , 

Patterson,  William, 

Patton,  James  H., 

Paul,  George  W., 

Paul,  Herman,  Lieutenant, 

Paul,  William  H., 

Payne,  Jesse  A.,  Lieutenant, 

Peake,  William, 

Pearman,  R.  A., 

Peddle,  Benjamin, 

Pendleton,  E., 

Perrin,  John, 

Perrin,  Junius  P.,  Sergeant, 

Peters,  L., 

Pettit,  C.  L., 

Pfaff,  William,  Lieutenant, 

Phillips,  William  F.,  Jr., 

Pike,  H.  C., 

Pinchback, , 

Pizzini,  Andrew,  Jr., 
Pleasants,  J.  Adair,  Paymaster, 

Pleasants, , 

Pledge,  Joseph  W., 

Plunkett,  H., 

Pohle,  C.  R.  M.,  Drum-Major, 

Polak,  Jacob  R.,  Sergeant-Major, 

Pollard,  F., 

Pollard,  G.  W., 

Pollard,  Robert  J., 

Potee,  Thomas, 

Potts,  F., 

Powell,  A.  E., 


First  year, 

1861,  discharged, 

1861,  discharged, 

During  the  war, 

1861, 

1861,  transferred, 

186.1-62,  discharged, 

1862-63,  killed, 

1863,  to  the  end, 
1861,  transferred, 
1861-62,  Adj.-Gen'l, 
First  year, 
1861-64,  disabled, 
1861,  discharged, 

1864,  transferred, 
1861, 

1861,  transferred, 
1861,  discharged, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
During  the  war, 
1861-62,  discharged, 
1861,  discharged, 

1861,  discharged, 
1862-63,  died, 
1864,  to  the  end, 
1861-65,  killed, 
First  year, 
During  the  war, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
1863-64, 

1862,  to  the  end, 
1861,  discharged, 
1861,  discharged,  . 
1862, 

1861,  discharged, 
1861-62,  detached, 
First  year, 
1861-64,  discharged, 
1861, 

1863,  to  the  end, 
During  the  war, 
1861-62,  discharged, 
1861,  detached, 
1863,  to  the  end, 


Drummer. 
C. 
C. 
K. 
B. 

F.  &S. 
C. 
H. 
G. 
H. 

D.  &  F.  &  S. 
E. 
I. 
B. 
G. 
G. 
H. 
K. 
K. 
K. 
B. 
D. 
D. 
H. 
I. 
D. 
D. 
K. 
D. 
K. 
E. 
I. 
B. 
D. 

F.  &S. 
B. 
B. 
C. 

Band. 
I. 
G. 
C. 
B. 
H. 
C. 
C. 


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Pendergast,  E.  M., 
Price,  R.  C.  Corporal, 
Priddy,  Ezekial, 

Prince,  , 

Pritchard,  John  T. 

Pryor,  J.  B., 

Pugh,  F.  R., 

Pulling,  J., 

Pumphry,  William  F., 

Purcell,  Tim., 

Puryear,  John  \V., 

Quarles,  J.  Thomp., 

Quinn,  Patrick, 

Rae,  George  A., 

Rainey,  Calvin, 

Ramsburg,  Edward, 

Randolph,  John,  Corporal, 

Rankin,  James, 

Rankin,  John, 

Rankin,  Patrick,  Sergeant, 

Rankin,  Tim., 

Ratcliffe,  J.  W., 

Raymann,  L., 

Raynes,  A.  G., 

Redford,  C.  A., 

Redford,  G.  Ellis, 

Redman,  B.  T., 

Redman,  R.  H., 

Redmond,  Michael, 

Reeve,  E.  Payson,  Captain, 

Regan,  John, 

Reidt,  P., 

Reilly,J.  C., 

Reilly,  P.  K., 

Reilly,  P.  S., 

Reynolds,  S.  W., 

Richards,  C.  E., 

Richards,  George  H., 

Richter,  Robert, 

Rick,  Joseph, 

Riddick,  James  E.,  Lieutenant, 

Riddick,  Thomas  S.,  Sergeant, 

Robertson,  Theo.  J., 

Robins,  Logan  S.,  Lieutenant, 

Robinson,  H.  R., 

Robinson,  J.  E., 


1861-62,  discharged,          Co.  D. 

During  the  war,  C. 

During  the  war,  D. 

1863-64,  G. 

1861,  discharged,  G. 

1861-62,  discharged,  G. 

1864,  to  the  end,  I. 

1863,  detached,  I. 
During  the  war,  H. 
1861-62,  killed,  C. 
1861,  transferred,  G. 
1861,  D. 

1864,  I. 
First  year,  H. 

1863,  to  the  end,  C. 
First  year,  E. 
First  year,  E. 
1861,  detached,  C. 
1861,  detached,  C. 
1861,  killed,  C. 
1861,  discharged,  C. 
1861-62,  killed,  B. 
1861,  transferred,  K. 

1864,  to  the  end,  L 
During  the  war,  G. 
1861-64,  disabled,  H. 
1864,  D. 
1864,  to  the  end,  D. 

1861,  killed,  C. 
During  the  war,  D. 
1863,  to  the  end,  I. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  E. 
First  year,  E. 

1862,  to  the  end,  B. 
1861,  detached,  G. 
1861,  detached,  B. 
1861,  discharged,  H. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  K. 
1861,  resigned,  G. 
During  the  war,  H. 
1861-64,  disabled,  D. 
During  the  war,  B. 
1861,  I. 
1861,  I. 


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Robinson,  William, 

Roby,  H.  R., 

Rodins,  John, 

Rogers,  John  T.,  Lieutenant, 

Rogers,  Thomas  S., 

Rommel,  J.  A., 

Rooney,  A.  J., 

Rose,  J.  H.r 

Rosenberger,  J.  A., 

Rosenberger,  Laurence, 

Rosenberger,  Ph., 

Royster,  James  A., 

Royster,  N.  L., 

Rudd,  A., 

Rudd,  B., 

Rudd,  W., 

Ryan,  Thomas,  Sergeant, 

Ryan,  Tim., 

Ryan,  William,  Corporal, 

St.  Clair, , 

Salomon,  H., 
Samanni,  F.  R., 

Sargent, ,  Assistant  Surgeon, 

Saunders,  Joseph, 
Saunders,  J.  W., 
Scammell,  J.  E., 
Schad,  A., 
Schonborn,  C.  B., 
Schuman,  Charles, 
Scherrer,  P.  V., 
Schleisher,  G., 
Seagles,  M.,  Lieutenant, 
Self,  G.  R., 
Sengstack,  C.  P., 
Senior,  Thomas, 
Shaffer,  F.  B.,  Captain, 
Shapdock,  S., 
Sharp,  James  P., 
Sharp,  Thomas  L., 
Sheckell,  M., 
Shell,  Lee  R.,  Lieutenant, 

Sheppard, , 

Sherman,  Charles  K.,  Captain, 
Sherman,  John  S., 
Shiflett,  J.  T., 
Shortel,  M., 


First  year, 
1861,  discharged, 
First  year, 
1861,  resigned, 
During  the  war, 
1861,  discharged, 

1861,  discharged, 

1862,  to  the  end, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
During  the  war, 
During  the  war, 
1862,  disabled, 
1862, 

1862, 
First  year, 

1861,  detached, 
1861, 

1862-63,  killed, 
First  year, 
First  year, 

1862,  to  the  end, 
1861-63,  discharged, 
1862, 

1863,  to  the  last, 
1861, 

1861, 

First  year, 
1861,  discharged, 
1861,  discharged, 
1861,  resigned, 

1861,  to  the  end, 
First  year, 

1862,  transferred, 


Co.  E. 

I. 

K. 

I. 

G. 

K. 

B. 

H. 

Band. 
Band. 
Band. 

G. 

G. 

I. 

I. 

I. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

H. 
Drummer. 

D. 
F.  &S. 

D. 

B. 

C. 

B. 

B. 
.Band. 

G. 

G. 

C. 

C. 

E. 

I. 


1861,  Co.  tempor'ly  detach'd,  F. 

First  year,  K. 

During  the  war,  G. 

During  the  war.  G. 

First  year,  E. 

During  the  war,  G. 

1863,  H. 

First  year,  E. 

First  year,  E. 

1861-62,  killed,  B. 

First  year,  C. 


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Shumaker,  G.  W., 

Shumaker,  Joseph, 

Simms,  O., 

Simpson,  A.  J.  Sergeant-Major, 

Sinnott,  John  J., 

Skinner,  Fred.  G.,  Colonel, 

Sloan,  L.  H., 

Smith, , 

Smith,  Adam, 

Smith,  F., 

Smith,  James, 

Smith,  James  B.,  (Leader), 

Smith,].  H., 

Smith,  L.  R., 

Smith,  Robert  J., 

Smith,  W.  H.  C., 

Smith,  Wm.  P., 

Smeltzer,  J.  H., 

Smither's,  James  W., 

Smyth,  Thomas, 

Snead,  A.  J.,  Corporal, 

Snow,  J.  R., 

Snyder,  John  F., 

Spraggins,  John, 

Spraggins,  W.  S., 

Spencer,  S.  B.,  Corporal, 

Spickard,  H.  L.. 

Staab,  Ph., 

Stach,  G., 

Stacy,  C.  B., 

Stadelhofer,  M., 

Stagg,  James, 

Steger,  A.  G., 

Steger,  E.  J., 

Steger,  J.  R., 

Steine,  Simon, 

Stephan,  Chr., 

Stern,  George, 

Stern,  Samuel, 

Stewart,  C.  D., 

Stewart,  W.  H., 

Stockton,  John  N.  C.,  Adjutant, 

Stoeber,  W.  A.,  Corporal, 

Stuart,  Ro.  G., 

Strang,  George  W., 

Stratton,  J.  L.  R., 


1861,  detached,  Co.  I. 

First  year,  Drummer. 

1864,  H. 
During  the  war,  D. 
During  the  war,  H. 
1861-62,  disabled,  F.  &  S. 
1863,  C. 

1861,  died,                        .  K. 

1862,  prisoner,  B. 

1863,  prisoner  and  disabled,     H. 
First  year,  E. 
First  year,  Band. 
1861-62,  killed,  I. 
1861-62,  killed,  D. 

1865,  to  the  end,  I. 
1861-63,  H. 
During  the  war,  I. 
1863,  C. 

1861,  detached,  D. 
First  year,  E. 
1861-62,  G. 

1863,  transferred,  I. 
1865,  to  the  end,  B. 

1862,  G. 
1861-62,  detailed,  G. 
First  year,  E. 
1862,  to  the  end,  B. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  C. 

1861,  discharged,  B. 
First  year,  K. 
During  the  war,  B. 
During  the  war,  D. 

1864,  D. 
During  the  war,  D. 
First  year,  E. 
First  year,  K. 
First  year,  I. 
First  year,  E. 

1862,  D. 
1861-62,  detached,  D. 
1862,  to  the  end,  F.  &  S. 
1861-64,  killed,  B. 
1861-62,  discharged,  G. 
First  year,                         Drummer. 
1861,  died,  H. 


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Stratton,  Thomas  E.,  Sergeant, 

Straus,  Robert, 

Strausberger,  H., 

Street,  R.  H., 

Street,  Willis, 

Strom,  L.  H.,  Corporal, 

Sublett,  C.  M., 

Sullings,  Granger, 

Sullivan,  Dan., 

Sullivan,  Henry,  Sergeant, 

Sullivan,  William  H., 

Sullivan,  John,  Lieutenant, 

Sullivan,  Pat.  H., 

Sullivan,  William, 

Sutliffe,  J.  S., 

Sweeney, , 

Sweeney,  W.  F., 
Swords,  Robert  D., 
Smith,  Savage, 
Tabb,  J.  W.,  Captain, 
Tabb,  R.  L.,  Corporal, 
Taliaferro,  C.  C., 
Taliaferro,  E., 
Taliaferro,  W.  C., 
Tallard,  C.  F., 
Tate,  James, 
Taylor,  J.  V., 
Taylor,  George  W., 
Taylor,  W.  O.,  Captain, 
Terry,  John, 

Terry,  William  F.,  Sergeant, 
Thomas,  L.  R., 
Thomas,  James, 
Thomas,  William, 
Thorp,  John  N., 
Thorp,  J.  A., 

Tieling, ,  Chaplain, 

Tilghman,  J., 

Tillman,  J.  W., 

Tinsley,  C.  C.,  Sergeant, 

Toler,  H., 

Tolker,  G., 

Tompkins,  J., 

Toomly,  Jerry,  Corporal, 

Totty,  R.  T., 

Tower,  Isaac  S.,  Sergeant, 


1861,  transferred, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
During  the  war, 
First  year, 
1861-62,  killed, 
1863,  to  the  end, 

1862,  to  the  end, 
1861,  discharged, 
1861-62,  killed, 
First  year, 
1861,  resigned, 
1861,  discharged, 
1861, 

1861, 

1861,  discharged, 
First  year, 
1861-62,  killed, 
1861,  detached, 
1861-62,  killed, 
1861-62,  killed, 
1861-62,  killed, 
1861-63,  killed, 
1861-63,  prisoner, 
1861-62,  discharged, 
1861-62,  discharged, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
1861,  resigned, 
1861, 

During  the  war, 
First  year, 

1863,  to  the  end, 
First  year, 
First  year, 
1863,  to  the  end, 
1861, 

1862, 

1863,  to  the  end, 

1861,  discharged, 

1862, 

1861,  transferred, 

1861, 

1861-64,  killed, 

First  year, 

1861,  discharged, 


Co.  B. 

B. 

D. 

B. 
Drummer. 

B. 

D. 

B. 

C. 

C. 

E. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

I. 
Drummer. 

H. 

G. 

I. 

I. 

G. 

I. 

L 

I. 

B. 

E. 

E. 

I. 

B. 

L 

H. 

C. 

E. 

H. 

C. 
F.  &S. 

B. 

C. 

I. 

H. 

K. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B. 


LIST   OF    MEMBERS    OF   OLD    FIRST   VIRGINIA. 


Towers,  James  E., 

Traylor,  Thomas  E.,  Sergeant, 

Traylor,  Thomas  W., 

Tremer,  William, 

Truman,  A., 

Tucker,  A.  J.,  Lieutenant, 

Tucker,  Robert  L., 

Tucker,  S.  J.,  Sergeant, 

Turner,  W.  W., 

Tyler,  William, 

Tyree,  James  T., 

Tyree,  John  A.,  Lieutenant, 

Tyree,  Robert  F., 

Tysinger,  W.  E.,  Captain, 

Tyrrell,  Patrick, 

Underbill, , 

Van  Deventer,  E., 

Van  Riper,  John, 

Vaughan,  A.  Jeff., 

Vaughan,  James  T.,  Lieutenant, 

Vaughan,  John  M., 

Vaughan,  Robert  P., 

Vaughan,  W.  J., 

Vermillara,  P.  J., 

Via,  J.  A.,  Corporal, 

Via,  James  T., 

Viereok,  John, 

Voegler,  H., 

Wachter,  Jacob, 

Waddill,  W.  S., 

Waddy,  George  T., 

Wade,  J., 

Waggoner,  D.  B., 

Wagner,  John, 

Wail,  John, 

Walker,  John, 

Walker, , 

Wallis,  James  B., 
Walthall,  H.  M., 
Walthall,  Ro.  R., 
Wamack,  J.  T., 
Warrolew,  Joseph, 
Ware,  William  S., 
Waters,  W.  G., 
Watkins,  Abner  [.,  Captain, 
Watkins,  Thomas, 


First  year,  Co.  H. 

During  the  war,  I. 

1863,  to  the  end,  D. 

First  year,  Band. 

1863,  to  the  end,  C. 
1861,  resigned,  G. 
1861,  detached,  G 
1861,  detached,  G. 
During  the  war,  D. 

1864,  to  the  end,  B. 
1861,  I. 
First  year,  I. 
1861-62,  killed,  G. 
1861-62,  killed,  H. 
1861,  C. 
1864,  G. 
1861-62,  discharged,  I. 
During  the  war,  D. 
During  the  war,  G. 
First  year,  H. 
1861,  transferred,  G. 
1861,  discharged,  G. 
1863,  killed,  H. 
1861,  discharged,  B. 
1861-64,  killed,  H. 
1861,  discharged,  G. 
First  year,  K. 
1861,  discharged,  G. 
First  year,  K. 
1863,  killed,  H. 
1861,  detached,  D. 
1863-65,  killed  H. 
1863-64,  died,  D. 

1861,  detached,  K. 
First  year,  E. 

1862,  I. 
1863-64,  died,  D. 

1863,  I. 
During  the  war,  D. 
1861-64,  killed,  G. 

1863,  D. 
1861,  transferred,  C. 
1861-62,  transferred,  G. 
First  year,  E. 
During  the  war,  H. 

1864,  to  the  end,  G. 


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Watson,  H.  W., 

Watson, , 

Webster,  George, 

Weidenhahn,  Aug.,  Corporal, 

Weinburg,  M.  P., 

Weller,  Joseph, 

Wells,  M.  L,, 

Wells,  Henry, 

Welch,  M., 

Werner,  A., 

Wesley,  J.  R., 

West,  F.  A., 

West,  George  L., 

Westmoreland,  W.  A., 

Weston,  George  E., 

Wheat,  N.  F., 

Wheeley,  C., 

Wheeley,  J.  F., 

Whittacker,  Jos.  L., 

Whiting,  L.  A., 

White,  John, 

White,  Thomas, 

White,  William  T.,  Sergeant, 

White,  E.  L., 

Wiels,  John, 

Wight,  W.  M., 

Wilkins,  W  R., 

Wilkinson,  George  A., 

Wilkinson,  John  K., 

Wilkinson,  S.  S., 

Wilks,  W.  C., 

Williams,  C.  C., 

Williams,  Lewis  B.,  Colonel, 

Williams,  H.  L, 

Williams,  T.  J., 

Williams,  A.  J., 

Wills,  C.  A., 

Wills,  S., 

Wilson,  James  W., 

\Vilson,  Robert  B., 

Wilzinski,  L., 

Winfree,  John  M., 

Wingfield,  L.  R., 

Wingfield,  M.  J., 

Wingfield,  Samuel  L., 

Wingo,  W.  W., 


1864,  to  the  end,  Co.  D. 

1863,'  H. 

First  year,  E. 
1861-62,  disabled  &  disch'g'd,  K. 

1861,  discharged,  B. 

1861,  transferred,  H. 

First  year,  E. 

1861,  discharged,  G. 

1862,  I. 
First  year,  K. 
1863-64,  killed,  I. 
1861-62,  detached,  B. 
1861,  transferred,  B. 

1863,  to  the  end,  D. 
1861,  discharged,  H. 
During  the  war,  D. 

1864,  to  the  end,  D. 
During  the  war,  D. 
During  the  war,  C. 
1861-62,  detached,  B. 
1861,  D. 

1861,  G. 
During  the  war,  I. 
1863,  to  the  end,  C. 
First  year,  E. 
1861-62,  killed,  H. 

1862,  to  the  end,  D. 

1862,  to  the  end,  G. 
During  the  war,  G. 
1861,  killed,       .  G. 

1863,  D. 
1863,  to  the  end,  D. 
1862-63,  killed,                      F.  &  S. 

1863,  to  the  end,  C. 

1864,  died,  H. 
1863,  to  the  end,  C. 
1863-64,  killed,  I. 
1863,  discharged,  I. 
1861,  B. 

1861,  discharged,  H. 
1861-62,  discharged,  H. 
1861-62,  detached,  G. 
During  the  war,  D. 
1861-63,  killed,  D. 
During  the  war,  D. 

1862,  detached,  I. 


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Wingo,  Charles  E., 
Winter,  John, 
Witzlieben,  T  A., 
Wolfe,  Henry; 
Womack,  Robert  E., 
Wood,  R., 
Wood,  William  A., 

Wood, , 

Woods,  Joseph, 

Woods,  Patrick,  Sergeant, 

Woody,  William  T.,  Lieutenant, 

Word,  B.  H., 

Worrell,  W.  J.  G., 

Wren,  Powhatan, 

Wright,  Elijah  G.,  Sergeant, 

Wright,  John  T., 

Wynne,  John  W.,  Sergeant, 

Yancey,  John  K., 

Young,  M., 

Youell,  Robert, 

Zimmerman,  A.  M., 


1861,  transferred,  Co.  D. 

1861,  detached,  K. 

First  year,  E. 

1861,  B. 

1862,  to  the  end,  H. 

1863,  I. 

1862,  to  the  end,  G. 

1863,  H. 
1861-62,  discharged,  C. 
During  the  war,  C. 
During  the  war,  G. 

1864,  to  the  end,  D. 
1863,  C. 
1861-62,  discharged,  D. 
During  the  war,  G. 
1861,  discharged,  B. 
1861-64,  killed,  H. 
1863-64,  disabled,  I. 
1863,  D. 
1863,  C. 
First  year,  E. 


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